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Volume V, Issue 28, November 1, 2008
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--------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Election Thoughts at the Final Hour by Mark Miravalle --------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Election Thoughts at the Final Hour by Mark Miravalle 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, 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,
http://www.motherofallpeoples.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1531 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Our Lady of America, "The Immaculate Virgin" by Mother of All Peoples Magazine In light of the upcoming elections, let us have recourse to the powerful intercession of Our Lady of America for our country in these critical times and for the future. On December 8, the great solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, we wish to provide our readers with the full body of messages which have been released for public distribution regarding the apparitions of Our Lady of America. These apparitions, so closely connected with the "Immaculate Conception, Patroness of the United States," should be more deeply appreciated, not only by the faithful in the United States, but by all who seek a greater understanding of Our Lady's call for purity and peace, in virtue of her own Immaculate Conception. The apparitions of Our Lady of America have the implicit ecclesiastical approval of Archbishop Paul F. Leibold, spiritual director of the visionary Sr. Mildred Mary Neuzil from 1940 to 1972. He authorized the first and second printing of these messages and had the medal of Our Lady of America struck. – Ed. The following lines were penned by a religious Sister from her cloister cell. This Sister was professed as a religious in 1933. Exteriorly she was much like any other Sister in the Community, trying to be faithful to the Rule and the religious practices of the Community. She received her assignments to work in various houses, mostly in domestic work. From 1951 to 1954 she taught kindergarten classes in a parish school and enjoyed working with the little ones very much. About 1938 she began to have what seemed like mystical experiences. They may be described as flights of the spirit, interior locutions, etc. Having these did not disturb nor overawe her in any way. In fact, by her own admission she thought they were a common thing to all religious. In 1948 these experiences were brought to the attention of her confessor. He prudently advised her to be very cautious, lest it be a case of an overactive imagination. The experiences became more vivid and the messages more pressing. She considered seriously entering a cloister, perhaps to find her fulfillment of God's Will there. But various events indicated otherwise. Finally, her own community established a cloistered group within the active, and in May 1958 she was permitted to enter this cloister. These supernatural happenings, referred to above, included many things that concerned only her own personal spiritual life: special espousals with Christ, designation as the Little White Dove, etc. Again during all this time there were no external signs that she was different from any other member of the community. After some years she began to write down briefly the happenings during these occasions of special communication with God. These were read by one or the other priest to whom she had gone for direction, and in general they never found in them anything contrary to faith and morals, nor anything to indicate mental debility. On the contrary, some points, especially the great emphasis on the Indwelling of the Blessed Trinity, showed a theological understanding beyond what this Sister had been able to obtain from her regular courses in Religion. http://www.motherofallpeoples.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1530 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- - "Is It Not Natural to Take Any Apprehensions to Your Mother?" by "Anne," a Lay Apostle Serving in Clarity: A Guide for Lay Apostles of Jesus Christ the Returning King is the latest writing by "Anne," a lay apostle. local ordinary, Bishop Leo O’Reilly, for the distribution of messages which she receives from Jesus, God the Father, Our Blessed Mother, the angels and saints (see article, "Discernment of Lay Apostolate of Jesus Christ the Returning King," Marian Private Revelation section). In Part I of Serving in Clarity, the messages of Jesus describe the "new time" and the responsibility of the Lay Apostolate of Jesus in bringing forth this time through their generous service and docility to the extraordinary graces that Jesus makes available at the present time of human history. October 31, 2006 Blessed Mother Dearest apostles, I am filled with hope as I see you serving. How heaven rejoices in this new band of faithful servants. Many of you have been called from the world and from worldly pursuits because we are asking that you serve in the world. Your experience of the world will help you to understand how best to communicate with others who live outside of heaven’s goals. Please do not worry about the sins of your past. God forgives. If you confess these sins, Jesus forgives and sends healing graces. You will then be free of them. Understand that Jesus wants you to be free of your sins and it is His will that you accept the forgiveness that He makes available in this holy sacrament. Rejoice in this forgiveness and mercy and do not fret over your past. If you continue to fret over your past mistakes, the enemy can create a hold on you. Jesus died for your sins and He did this so that you could be free of them. Rejoice, dear little apostles. Jesus loves you and counts you as His friend. He will forget your mistakes. So must you. http://www.motherofallpeoples.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1529 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Pope Benedict, Our Lady of the Rosary, and Bl. Bartolo Longo by Pope Benedict XVI Pope Benedict XVI gave the following homily in the square outside the Pontifical Shrine of Following in the footsteps of the Servant of God John Paul II, today I have come on pilgrimage to Pompeii to venerate the Virgin Mary, Queen of the Holy Rosary, together with you. I have come in particular to entrust to the Mother of God, in whose womb the Word was made flesh, the Assembly of the Synod of Bishops which is under way at the Vatican on the theme of the Word of God in the life and mission of the Church. My Visit also coincides with World Mission Sunday; contemplating in Mary she who accepted within her the Word of God and gave him to the world, we shall pray at this Mass for all those in the Church who spend their energy in the service of proclaiming the Gospel to all the nations. Thank you, dear brothers and sisters, for your welcome! I embrace you all with fatherly affection, and I am grateful to you for the prayers you raise ceaselessly to Heaven for the Successor of Peter and for the needs of the universal Church. http://www.motherofallpeoples.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1528 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- - The Virgin Mary in the New Testament, Part I by Fr. Settimio M. Manelli, F.I. The following article is an excerpt from the recently published Marian anthology, Mariology: A Guide for Priests, Deacons, Seminarians, and Consecrated Persons, Seat of Wisdom Books, A Division of Queenship, 2008. Fifteen international Mariology experts contributed to the text. The book features a foreword by Archbishop Raymond L. Burke and has 17 chapters divided into four parts: 1. Mary in Scripture and the Early Church; 2. Marian Dogma; 3. Marian Doctrine; and 4. Marian Liturgy and Devotion. The book is now available from Queenship Publications. To obtain a copy, visit queenship.org. Visit books.google.com and search on "Mariology: A Guide" to view the book in its entirety, or simply click here. The love, the veneration and the singular interest which the Church has taken and constantly takes in the Virgin Mary have their basis in the very will of God, made manifest by Revelation and the saving works of God throughout the history of mankind. These works were never an imposition from without, nor are they a pious invention, fruit of an overheated imagination of some self-proclaimed man of God, or of the sentimentalism of others run riot. The scope of the present study is to help Christian faithful to know and better understand the roots of their own faith, in such wise as to become aware of the solidity of what has been proclaimed to them (cf. Lk 1:1-4). We are occupied with the arduous, but rewarding task of an in-depth study of Divine Revelation on Mary, as this is found in the New Testament: difficult for its sublimity and rewarding for its rich content, and importance. We are dealing here with the biblical roots of the Church’s faith in the Mother of Jesus, the Mother of God and of mankind. It is truly a particular challenge to seek to summarize everything revealed about the Mother of Jesus that is contained in the New Testament, given the character of this particular publication, in a few pages and at the same time in the clearest and most thorough manner possible (1). http://www.motherofallpeoples.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1527 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- - The Desecration and the Call to Reparation by Kevin Clarke Many of Professor Paul Zachary Myers’ atheistic disciples have followed his lead, engaging in desecration of the Most Holy Eucharist. Myers has stated that the Eucharist is freely given out, therefore, it’s not stealing to take the Eucharist. Au contraire. The Eucharist is freely given to all those who confess the Catholic faith. Presenting oneself to receive the Eucharist is the equivalent of professing as truth the entire sacred deposit of the Catholic faith. Perhaps Myers’ disciples should consider that. In fact, anyone who receives the Eucharist while renouncing any part of the Catholic faith is doing something far worse than stealing. Yet, I have felt from the beginning of this tragic series of events that the Eucharistic sacrilege and desecration that has been coming at the hands of religiously anti-religious atheists goes hand in hand with the sad reality of Eucharistic indifference on the part of so many Catholics—those Catholics who receive Jesus while in a state of mortal sin and those Catholics who receive Jesus while in open dissent to one or more Catholic teachings. Somehow, the atheists’ gross display of anti-Catholicism is a manifestation of what we have been failing to perceive for so long—many professing the Catholic faith receive Our Lord unworthily. http://www.motherofallpeoples.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1526 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Origin of the Holy Rosary by St. Louis Marie de Montfort The rosary is made up of two things: mental prayer and vocal prayer. In the Holy Rosary mental prayer is none other than meditation of the chief mysteries of the life, death and glory of Jesus Christ and of His Blessed Mother. Vocal prayer consists in saying fifteen decades of the Hail Mary, each decade headed by an Our Father, while at the same time meditating on and contemplating the fifteen principal virtues which Jesus and Mary practiced in the fifteen mysteries of the Holy Rosary. http://www.motherofallpeoples.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1525 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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The Eucharist and the Death of Our SaviorSaint Peter Julian Eymard |
Did Mary Truly Cooperate in Our Redemption?Dr. Christoph Cardinal Schönborn |
Pan's LabyrinthMichael D. O'Brien |
The Annunciation and Good FridayFr. John Saward |
The Annunciation: Co-redemptrix BegunMark Miravalle |
The Whole World Awaits Mary’s ReplySt. Bernard of Clairvaux |
St. Joseph Speaks to FathersAnne a Lay Apostle |
Guardian of the Redeemer (Redemptoris Custos)Pope John Paul II |
St. Joseph Patron of the Triumph, Part IFr. Richard Foley, S.J. |
The Predestination of St. Joseph and His Eminent SanctityFr. Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange, O.P. |
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