A Simple Message for Today
— Posted by John (November 7, 2006 at 10:03 am)
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mary kay says:
http://keyword.netscape.com/ns/boomframe.jsp?query=spirit+daily&page=1&offset=0&result_url=redir%3Fsrc%3Dwebsearch%26requestId%3D3aeff05a929e9e7f%26clickedItemRank%3D1%26userQuery%3Dspirit%2Bdaily%26clickedItemURN%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.spiritdaily.com%252F%26invocationType%3D-%26fromPage%3DnsBrowserRoll%26amp%3BampTest%3D1&remove_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.spiritdaily.com%2F
Comment posted November 7th, 2006 at 10:39 am
mary kay says:
I realize the above link has nothing to do with voting but it has to be seen…
Unfortunately the link only goes to spirit daily. From there you must click on “devil giving communion”….
It is the most disgusting, outrageous thing I have seen in a long time…
God have mercy on us…
MK
Comment posted November 7th, 2006 at 10:41 am
mary kay says:
This one should take you straight there…
http://keyword.netscape.com/ns/boomframe.jsp?query=spirit+daily&page=1&offset=0&result_url=redir%3Fsrc%3Dwebsearch%26requestId%3D3aeff05a929e9e7f%26clickedItemRank%3D1%26userQuery%3Dspirit%2Bdaily%26clickedItemURN%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.spiritdaily.com%252F%26invocationType%3D-%26fromPage%3DnsBrowserRoll%26amp%3BampTest%3D1&remove_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.spiritdaily.com%2F
Comment posted November 7th, 2006 at 10:50 am
mary kay says:
http://romancatholicblog.typepad.com/roman_catholic_blog/2006/11/the_blasphemous.html
Comment posted November 7th, 2006 at 10:51 am
mary kay says:
sorry, it kept giving me the spirit daily one….
but the above one will take you right there.
What has happened to us? It’s not just the priest, but what were the parishoner thinking?
MK
Comment posted November 7th, 2006 at 10:52 am
lauren says:
hahahah omg that is so dumb, you’re right marykay… that was freaking hilarious.. i liked the one chick in the back with the devil horns.. Seriously sometimes people dont think lol.
I encourage you to vote!!!!! here’s something you should all see despite who you vote for…. the most disturbing thing in our democracy… tell me what you think!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uS75tSPpV7A
Also, if you plan on voting “pro-life” today, please make sure you examine the other issues the person represents. They may be against abortion, but there are plenty of evils out there that also should make the list when you consider your vote.
Comment posted November 7th, 2006 at 1:22 pm
mary kay says:
You know, sometimes it is just toooo overwhelming…oddly enough I chose a manual card and voted by coloring in little arrows. Don’t know why I chose that way, just did. I just moved to chicago in June and in Park Ridge you voted by punching the cards with a little pokey thingy. So rather than learn a new way, I just chose to write it in myself. Thank God I did.
Thanks Lauren for the tip.
As to only voting pro-life…
There is also the marriage issue, embryonic stem cell, capital punishment and a whole slew of other issues that are important to me.
I can’t wait til abortion is illegal so that I can vote on issues other than moral ones.
You know, like environmental, school, taxes…
But until then, I’m sort of stuck.
But I do listen to all the other issues. And sometimes (though rarely), 2 pro-life candidates are running against each other and I can relax and think about other issues. Or the governor race…where neither candidate was pro-life.
But at least we voted.
Good job.
MK
Comment posted November 7th, 2006 at 6:06 pm
Young Christian Woman says:
I voted Constitution party for the governor of Massachusetts.
Because if we just vote for whoever the Republicans throw at us on the principal that they are better than the democrats, we’ll be ignored. And one day, they will not be better.
I’m just hoping that I get the chance to vote for a pro-life president in 2008.
Comment posted November 7th, 2006 at 7:56 pm
mary kay says:
Did anybody watch that link I put on here?
I know Lauren did, but did anybody else?
What do you all think?
MK
Comment posted November 7th, 2006 at 8:06 pm
Rosie says:
“I voted Constitution party for the governor… ”
I did that too here in Illinois, our choices were pathetic for governor. I felt I would be rewarding them for bad behavior if I voted for a rhino.
Comment posted November 7th, 2006 at 9:06 pm
mary kay says:
Rosie (and Pansy too),
I just read this on the same website (roman catholic blog) that the above video came from. I only discovered this website today and it has blown my mind away. I could stay on it forever….
Anyway, this man’s mother came down with german measles in 1970 something and was told by two doctors to abort the baby.
She refused and he was born perfectly fine except for hearing loss in one ear. His mother prayed this prayer over the baby in her womb every day of the pregnancy. Thought you’d like it…
I put my little babe under your protection, Mary, my Mother. Make its tiny mind grow up to love the truths of faith; consecrate its will to the service of God; fill its heart with love for its Creator. Fashion its little body in all perfection: let its organs be sound, its senses acute, all its members strong and healthy.
You can obtain this favor for me and my child, most powerful Mother. I put my trust in you!
Amen.
Nihil Obstat: John A. Schulien, S.T.D. cen. lib.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin. March 10, 1955
Imprimatur: Albertus G. Meyer
Archiepiscopus Milwaukiensis
Milwaukee, Wisconsin. March 14, 1955
MK
Comment posted November 7th, 2006 at 10:37 pm
Rosie says:
What a sweet prayer!
Comment posted November 7th, 2006 at 11:27 pm
Quinn says:
Hooray for the Constitution Party!
I voted for their candidate for president last time who is a true pro-life candidate instead of Bush who is at best moderately pro-life.
Of course, alleged pro-lifers told me that I basicly threw my vote away voting for the pro-life candidate since he didn’t have a good chance of winning.
But, the reason why he had such a bad chance of winning lies in the fact that the majority of “pro-life” and “pro-family” groups supported a candidate who was only moderately pro-life and encouraged their members to compromise on life out of allegiance to the Republican Party.
This next election in ‘08, let’s get behind the truly pro-life candidate instead of waiting on the Republican Party to pick a candidate for us who won’t promote our values.
Comment posted November 8th, 2006 at 6:48 am
mary kay says:
I know that you guys can’t watch every video or go to every link that gets posted so I’m just gonna tell you what’s on that video.
In Orange County California a Catholic priest invited his congregation to come to mass dressed up for halloween. He has been doing this for 6 years. People came dressed in all kinds of costumes and the video shows a woman dressed as a devil giving out communion, a witch reading the responsorial psalm and the priest himself leaving the “church” BEFORE mass had ended and coming back dressed up as Barney. They then have a costume parade (again BEFORE mass had ended) while the musicians played first the theme from the Adams Family and then a song that sounded like a mariachi band. Again, all of this took place DURING the mass. The priest himself makes jokes about only at Corpus Christi (the name of the church) could the devil himself hand out communion…
The whole thing is surreal and appalling and I urge everyone to watch the video and then write to the appropriate parties to complain.
Use the last link I offered and it will take you directly to the video.
Looking forward to your feedback…
MK
Comment posted November 8th, 2006 at 7:46 am
Pansy Moss says:
The only reason I don’t vote constitutional party is I feel it is throwing a vote away. Sometimes I feel a vote for a third party candidate, is taking away a vote from a candidate that might win that represents me a little more closely. Like I am not sure Bush totally represents my views, but he was a lot better than Kerry. I wanted more to see Kerry not win than I wanted Bush to win.
Comment posted November 8th, 2006 at 10:24 am
lauren says:
Kerry was a jackass in terms of politics… Bush is a jackass in terms of everything. You think President Bush really believes what he says to you? Definitely not. See: Harriet Myers. Karl Rove is even reported of calling your kind “the crazies”. They use you for political gain and if you don’t see that I’m sorry you’re blind.
In the meantime, he’ll kill thousands upon thousands of innocent people in the Middle East in your name. He’ll wage a war against our enviornment that we will have to pass down to the next generation. He’ll lie, cheat, and steal and you all are letting him. I’m not telling you to vote for a Democrat if they don’t correspond with what you believe in, but please I don’t understand how you all can claim you’re republicans.
Comment posted November 8th, 2006 at 12:31 pm
Pansy Moss says:
You think President Bush really believes what he says to you? Definitely not.
I am not sure if you are replying ot me, but if you are, you obviously did not read what I wrote.
Comment posted November 8th, 2006 at 12:53 pm
Rosie says:
I could have sworn is was Sadam who put all those people in mass graves, his own people. As far as Bush goes, I do believe him when he talks about pro-life issues. Here’s a list of things he did for pro-lifers in his first term alone:
http://www.christiangallery.com/WestList.htm
Comment posted November 8th, 2006 at 1:28 pm
mary kay says:
I don’t recall anyone on this site ever saying they were republicans.
do you guys?
MK
Comment posted November 8th, 2006 at 3:23 pm
lauren says:
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~jdonaghy/Iraq-bishops.html
Also, read Andrew Greeley’s columns in the Sun-Times, Catholic Priest.
Comment posted November 8th, 2006 at 4:18 pm
lauren says:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4778807/
go to the bottom where Chris matthews talks Greeley about the issue of the Eucharist and the Iraq war.
Comment posted November 8th, 2006 at 4:21 pm
Pansy Moss says:
Andrew Greeley is pretty well-known as heretical among Catholics.
Well, maybe that is harsh, but orthodox Catholics do not look to Andrew Greeley for advice is perhaps a better way to word it.
Comment posted November 8th, 2006 at 6:12 pm
Pansy Moss says:
I don’t recall anyone on this site ever saying they were republicans.
do you guys?
I was wondering that myself.
Comment posted November 8th, 2006 at 6:13 pm
mary kay says:
Lauren,
Using Andrew Greeley as an example of a Catholic priest is like us telling you to check out something Father Frank Pavone says. We know you don’t accept his outlook and we don’t accept Andrew Greeleys. He is pretty much on the same page as the priest in the blasphemous mass video that you watched. Well maybe not that bad, but close…
MK
Comment posted November 8th, 2006 at 7:54 pm
Mike says:
I guess I will address some of the issues touched on this thread. As far as Greely, no practicing Catholic takes the man seriously. I would advise you to listen more to our very good priests like Fr. John Corapi, Fr. Groeschel and Fr. Altier. These are the priests practicing Catholics look up to.
As far as President Bush. Fr. Peter West kept a daily log of what he has done for the Pro-Life Movement. Although I do not agree with everything Pres. Bush has done, I did vote for him for a single reason — Supreme Court Appointments. I think he landed some great ones in Roberts and Alito. Time will tell.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1140835/posts
I also voted for the Constitution Party for IL Gov - Randy Stufflebeam. He was the only possible Pro-Lifer running for the seat. My vote was to tell both parties they need reform.
Mike
Comment posted November 8th, 2006 at 10:40 pm
lauren says:
i had a huge long ass comment about rosie’s comment about saddam… it didnt get posted…. it was “awaiting moderation” what happened to it?
Comment posted November 9th, 2006 at 5:18 pm
lauren says:
You don’t dislike andrew greeley because he offends catholicism, you dont like it because it offends you, and that’s the bottom line.
Comment posted November 9th, 2006 at 5:21 pm
lauren says:
i mean you dont like
Comment posted November 9th, 2006 at 5:21 pm
Mike says:
Lauren,
Greely does not follow the Magisterium of the Catholic Church nor the Catholic Catechism.
Usually its easy to figure out — If the mainstream media really likes a priest, odds are he’s not a very good priest.
Mike
Comment posted November 9th, 2006 at 5:52 pm
Pansy Moss says:
You don’t dislike andrew greeley because he offends catholicism, you dont like it because it offends you, and that’s the bottom line.
Lauren,
Before you make comments about Catholic teaching, you should know something about Catholic teaching.
Comment posted November 9th, 2006 at 6:32 pm
lauren says:
I know a fair amount about Catholic teaching to make a judgement. My judgement is that I like Andrew Greeley and there’s a lot of other priests out there that feel the same way he does. I know, because I’ve met them. THose that support the war in Iraq disagree with John Paul do they not?
Comment posted November 10th, 2006 at 8:56 am
lauren says:
AHHH when is my comment going to stop needing moderation!?
Comment posted November 10th, 2006 at 8:56 am
mary kay says:
Lauren,
When did we ever give our views on the Iraq war?
Or are you just assuming?
It seems to me all we said was that Andrew Greeley dissents from Catholic teaching. Not always. But enough that using him as a reference won’t get you very far. But I don’t recall anyone giving their opinion (other than you) on the Iraq war any more than I remember them saying that they are republicans.
MK
Comment posted November 10th, 2006 at 9:42 am
lauren says:
Isn’t everyone here claiming to vote for republicans? Do you not vote republican? Doesn’t everyone here with the exception of Judy barr pretty much all vote republican?
Comment posted November 10th, 2006 at 10:25 am
lauren says:
and for the record as for iraq i’m responding to rosie’s comment
“I could have sworn is was Sadam who put all those people in mass graves, his own people.”
But it’s still in freaking “moderation”
Comment posted November 10th, 2006 at 10:26 am
lauren says:
OK my stupid comment is still undergoing “moderation” so im going to paste it without the links… hopefully commet #20 will appear sooner or later with the gruesome pictures I posted.
I’ve only heard rethuglicans endorsed on this site.
Rosie with all due respect do not even get me started….
Since when is Iraq a humanitarian issue? That is the biggest crock of shit I have ever heard in my life. No seriously, the biggest.
Take a look
“Genocide in Sudan pictures were here”
Oh and here’s one for you diamond owners from the Sierra Leone.
http://blessing.org/Sierra/sierraleone_boy1_big.jpg
Maybe the politicians will take the bullshit spewed on the right, but I will not. Iraq was never a humanitarian issue and if it was, we’d be in the Sudan, or Sierra Leone, or even North Korea WAY before Iraq. We were there so Bush’s fat cat friends from Halliburton could line their little pockets. And they’ve done quite, quite well. Meanwhile my friends are over their serving while you parade your crap about how we’re preventing mass graves and assorted atrocities. The right sets up a total straw man by saying the left obviously must not care about the Iraqis. Bull crap. I dont think caring about the Iraqis was dropping bombs on them and then having war profiteers come in and clean up the mess.
WMD ring a bell anyone? Oh but who cares! THe biggest mass murderer of Americans, what’s his name again? Oh yeah bin Laden!? Well isn’t that convenient. Oh well we’re winning in Afghanistan. Oh wait, what’s that? We’re not? Oh that’s right opium production in Afganistan is at an all time high and the drug lords are back fighting with the Taliban. The women are still oppressed and bin Laden and all his pansy friends are running around somewhere in the Middle East. Are we even looking for him anymore? Does it even bother you? I’m going to guess not.
Don’t ever run that humanitarian garbage past me again. You know that’s not why we went in there or at the very least why we were told we were going in there. You can’t rewrite history with me and you will not pull the wool over my eyes.
I had a little remembrance today as I was looking at pictures of domestic violence. I remember why I fell out with the catholic church and was so bitter as a young person. As my mother, my sister and I suffered brutal domestic violence not a single person or clergyperson stood up and helped us when things were really bad. They turned a blind eye to what was so patently obvious. They didnt want to get involved. Fucking hypocrites they were. And you know what as 100,000 iraqis have died as a result of our ridiculous invasion, I wonder how long you can stomach your own crap.
Comment posted November 10th, 2006 at 10:30 am
lauren says:
Wait a second… did I just notice that this site linked an article about poor little Rush Limbaugh!? oh god, here we go.
Comment posted November 10th, 2006 at 10:36 am
mary kay says:
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Quinn says:
Hooray for the Constitution Party!
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Rosie says:
“I voted Constitution party for the governor… ”
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Pansy Moss says:
The only reason I don’t vote constitutional party is I feel it is throwing a vote away. Sometimes I feel a vote for a third party candidate, is taking away a vote from a candidate that might win that represents me a little more closely. Like I am not sure Bush totally represents my views, but he was a lot better than Kerry.
As for myself (since you are asking, or should I say accusing), I vote republican more often than not because as I believe all of us would agree, at this point in history, we are pretty much a one issue group. And republicans, for the most part, represent that issue favorably.
I abhor the war in Irag (though I am soooo grateful to our troops) and also question our reasons for being there. I too am confused as to why we stayed out of Rwanda and Darfur but went into Iraq. But the numbers are telling. 48 million to 100,00.
And Rosie didn’t say that we haven’t killed our share of Iraqis, she only said that Sadaam killed his own people. I am glad that good things have come out of the war, even if I suspect the motives for entering that war.
But you keep trying to say that being for one thing automatically puts us against another. This is simply not true. Being against abortion does not mean we are for war. Being against fetal stem cell research does not mean we are for parkinsons disease. Being against euthanasia does not mean we are for dying in pain. Being against abortion in all cases does not mean we are for rape. So please stop all the accusations before you even ask us what we believe.
MK
Comment posted November 10th, 2006 at 10:54 am
Rosie says:
“Since when is Iraq a humanitarian issue?”
And World War 2? We didn’t go over there to help the Jewish people, we didn’t even know what was happening to them, but the holocaust is the first thing that comes to mind isn’t it? Of course we didn’t go into Iraq to help the poor Iraqi people being slaughtered but now that we are there and do know ,would it be a good idea to turn a blind eye? People would then complain that we left when we wre really needed Damned if we do, damned if we don’t…..
Comment posted November 10th, 2006 at 11:20 am
Lauren says:
We’re causing more problems in terms of the violence there now than if we got out. Iraq is a quagmire because we went in. Any intelligent individual that knew anything about Iraq saw this coming. As for the Democrats that gave it a rubber stamp, i have as much mercy for them as I do the rethuglicans.
And btw, the only reason we’re still in Iraq is because we’ve created such a mess that now fundamentalist groups are going to use the US’s debacle as the greatest recruiting tool for terrorists. Iraq did not equal alQaeda before the war. And while it’s not the same group in there now, our presence worsens the threat of terrorism every day we are in there.
Comment posted November 10th, 2006 at 4:37 pm
miguel says:
To whom it may concern:
This is sad thats all i wamt to say!!!
This is because of George Bush!!!
Comment posted May 14th, 2007 at 11:26 am