Monthly Archives: March 2009
Lenten Reflection
Trying to regain some balance.
From Whispers in the Loggia:
“Whatever the case, though, what matters isn’t the achievement, but the effort… not so much the accomplishment as the courage to try, and especially to try again, and again, and again.”
From Amy’s Via Media:
“The incarnation of God in Christ has so closely linked the two together–judgment and grace–that justice is firmly established: we all work out our salvation “with fear and trembling” (Phil 2:12). Nevertheless grace allows us all to hope, and to go trustfully to meet the Judge whom we know as our “advocate.” 1 Jn 2:1).”
From cause of our joy:
“St Paul says we should brag about nothing but the cross of Christ. so please indulge me while I brag about the itty bitty splinters of His cross which help me remember my place.
At the foot of the Cross.”
From: The Practicing Catholic
Nehemiah 8:9,10
Today is holy to the Lord your God. Do not be sad, and do not weep; for today is holy to our Lord. Do not be saddened this day, for rejoicing in the Lord must be your strength!
Human Cooling?
As I hear about the fear of global warming, I say have no fear. According to what I gather from news reports of late, the human heart is cooling, and so should bring about a balance of some sort.
No People
“They are a people whose hearts go astray and they do not know my ways. So I swore in my anger, “They shall not enter into my rest.”
Little Ones, you who are robbed of life this day by those who should have nurtured and protected you, if God says to His people in the desert, “You shall not enter into my rest, ” what is He saying to our generation. We are entering the desert of our Time; we, whose hearts go astray and do not know His way.
In our desert, we cry out, “Lord, save us! Save our homes, our jobs, save our Nation!” Yet, we’ve settled for gods of convenience. We hail as progress what Mary Shelley would call a Frankenstein. Human life for sale, for profit and for manipulation! We say, “But God, the end justifies the means. Does it not?” As if we didn’t know. “They will service the good of humankind,” we say. While God says, “They are MINE!”
We dare to answer God, “Just building blocks for health and well being, a boon to mankind, these. You have so many more. We will by ourselves bring about a new order of audacious Hope.”
The hallowed parts of the so, so young, and, oh so destroyed, devoured on the altar of irreverent “Progress,” bereft of human dignity or worth, save to fire an industry of blood, cry out! The fifth seal waits it’s Time…….. This Time?
“You are a people whose heart go astray.” You silent people, you unethical Congress, you President No People, call to your gods to save you. I look for My Son in you. Show Me My Son.
Happy Recourse
It’s cold and damp today and that suited my mood as I hurried out of the house this morning. It is my day for Eucharistic Adoration. My adoration was broken by returning bits and pieces of my rant against this morning’s news. President Obama will celebrate the overturning of the ban on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research with an “event” in the White House. No Friday announcement behind closed doors here.
” What recourse; O Lord! What recourse?”…………… Thankfully, I finally realized, that I was in the place of recourse.
Later, at home after Mass, getting it all out with more inner screaming, and much, much writing, the Anchoress saved me from myself with this.
General Public – GenerallyDuped!
Our public godhead, President Obama, seems to mistake himself for the real Deity. Speaking on issues beyond his capacity, he is linking embryonic stem cell research with “scientific integrity” as reported in USA Today. Obama can’t see past the pocket of Planned Parenthood, his indebtedness to them, and Planned Parenthood’s BIGGER agenda which is NO LIMITS – NO GOD!
The general public has been generally duped in a well orchestrated bombardment of half truths and emotional sop. Smothered in scientific jargon and human interest pieces depicting Parkinson patients suffering, supposedly with no other recourse but the unethical one of embryonic stem cell research, the media, the general public, we the people, and our politicians have caved. No news reporter has the good sense or gumption to report that NO success has come from this unethical side street of science. Embryonic stem cells are unnecessary according to the scientific community! We have other ways and better ways that have already shown results.
I can understand how the misled mass media has been sold a fabricated bill of goods. I can understand that Planned Parenthood and the others of that camp simply want a free, no holds barred approach to win out over moral and ethical concerns and discussion; and so wage war. What I don’t understand is why we let them?! I don’t understand where the Christian voices in all this are? I hear the voice of the Roman Catholic Church speaking clearly and courageously, but where are all the others of faith. Obama talks about “scientific integrity” all the while violating the integrity of human life. Once a human life is seen as fodder for our scientific perversion there is no limit to how far our society can fall. Do we really want our Nation aligned against the God of Life?
Be Holy! 