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1. JoAnn

   9 months ago

   Judy: The method I am using does not require me to contact each person. There is a link on line that one can utilize. If you go to Wallbuilders.org., it will give you the information on how to do it. After you get into the link, find Wallbuilders - Register to vote and click on it and follow the instructions. God bless.

2. Rob

   9 months ago

   Well said Bill. Great post.

3. Judy Claar

   9 months ago

   Jo Ann, I think that that is a brilliant idea! providing you've checked with your parish priest and have permission. I think I personally might be wary w/o permission. I am glad you are active and have so much determination. After all, to get votes for Romney is, doing a service for the Church as well, to my knowledge. Godspeed!

4. Bill Sr.

   9 months ago

   Rob is right. There needs to be
   An Invitation
   
   It is sad to know that many Christians either dismiss entirely the notion of "sainthood" or find it difficult to incorporate into their spiritual life the communion of saints and their value to the universal Christian church. I don't know that you can be Christian and not believe that the human soul is eternal. If it is eternal then its status in life and after death, especially to those who knew and loved the person, becomes an important concern.
   We know that this life of ours is but for a season and how we live and share it with others is of "eternal consequence" for the body and soul which envelops it. This is why it is so important that as parents we honor our obligation to instill deeply within the hearts and minds of our children those very first two rules of the catechism to know and to love God. Children without a true understanding of their heavenly father and why they were created have little hope to perform the third rule of Christian life, to serve Him. Hopefully our little children might develop the perspective that life was a playground where we sinners could train ourselves to become saints. The games or activities didn’t matter that much, only active loving participation and service at all times and a willingness to assist anyone needing help achieving the goals designed for us by our heavenly Father.
   As grown ups we become so entrenched in our often drab day to day existence by the requirements of producing and providing that we forget that we too are children, God's children. We look at our children playing and think of how "worry free" they are since we have taken on all their cares for them. We forget that Our Father through the Holy Spirit has lovingly provided our Lord Jesus who invites us to place our cares and worries upon him so that we too enjoy freedom to become children of God, His saints. It has been said that a saint is someone who deep within his heart believes God loves him and offers him eternal life through Christ’s sacrifice and resurrection and desires to use their life to witness, inform and assure others of the same truth about themselves. It's that simple.
   So, who are the saints? They are people like you and me who believe and hope in their Creator and begin their heaven here on earth living Christ's prayerful request by helping build thy kingdom come, on earth as it is in heaven. We all have an invitation to sainthood and can respond according to our own abilities, gifts, and station in life willingly in the name of Jesus who relieves our burdens and has freed our spirits to be among the saints.
   Hopefully many of us will be among that "great number which no man could count" spoken of in Revelations which will eternally be the "communion of saints:.
   
   Father God, we pray that we can rejoice fully in the world as children of light and holiness so men can witness and know the truth of your merciful love and accept Jesus as their personal savior through and within the eternal "one body of Christ".
   Yes, all are personally welcomed to the community of saints, here, now, and forever!
   

5. Rob

   9 months ago

   Theresa, you are exactly right. We must live our faith and evangelize, evangelize and evengelize. The church is a place for the spirtually sick. Our problem is that we've left the sick where they are. I'm sorry folks, but a lawsuit or even a change in President isn't going to cause conversion (well maybe it will). It's going to take one soul at a time. It's going to take us getting off our rear and leading people to Christ. Inviting, not showing the door. God will never force us and thank God he always invites. We are way too quick to want to show people the door. I sometimes wonder, as St. Paul says, if they are the thorn in our side that isn't going anywhere....my grace is sufficient for you.

6. Theresa H

   9 months ago

   Yes, we are in a terrible "battle" today because we have become "wimpy" Catholics. We started denying there was anything to "fight" for in the 1960's and the "evil one" detected our weakness.... Many of us began embracing the "culture of death" and "hedonism" right alongside "the world" when over-the-counter contraceptives came on the scene and we fought Pope Paul VI! Now we have two generations of largely un-catechized Catholics. I read (and have re-read to friends) those paragraphs from Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger's Book that Deacon Keith quotes (which Cardinal R. actually gave as radio addresses in 1969-1970--over 40 years ago!). It is a small book of just 115 pgs.--but a HUGE eye-opener! Well worth the read.... I started saying the Prayer to St.Michael every day after I read this book.... Remember how we used to say this prayer a long time ago after Mass every Sunday? It reminded us of what it says in the Bible: "The life of man upon earth is a warfare."

7. JoAnn

   9 months ago

   Dear Friends: There is something more active that we all can do. Did you know that 33% of conservatives are not even registered to vote. What I am doing, (I'm not boasting) just want to tell you about something I decided to do. I'm sure all of you have parrish directories. I'm checking to see if there is anyone in may parrish that is not registered to vote. If I find some, I contact them and see if I can't pursuade them to register so that they can vote in November. If anyone has any other ideas, I would like to hear them. I know we are all praying but I remember something my mother used to tell me long ago. "God helps those that help themselves." What do you think? God bless.

8. Judy Claar

   9 months ago

   Tom Lynn: I am sure it would! Blessings...

9. Tom Lynn

   9 months ago

   1. Purify the Church by excommunicating all 'Catholic' legislators who voted for this law;
   2. Excommunicate Katherine Sebelius;
   3. Begin shutting down first:
   a. Catholic colleges and Universities; then
   b. Catholic High Schools;
   c. Catholic adoption agencies(just like Catholic Charities in Boston, when forced to either
   close their doors or place children with homosexual couples);
   d. Catholic hospitals;
   e. Catholic nursing homes.
   
   The pressure which these actions would bring on society would force an immediate legislative reversal of this God-forsaken law.

10. gfgrosek

    9 months ago

    Get angry and fight----that is the American way. We all want our neighbors to act like followers of Christ. The best use of our resourses and time and prayers is to spread the Good News of God's Kingdom and get our neighbors sitting next to us in church.

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