“It seems to me that in the history of the Church, in the history of Christianity, there are many examples showing to what extent you have to defend the Truth. You have to defend it to the end. Jesus Christ sacrificed His life in order to announce his Divine Truth. Likewise, the apostles sacrificed their lives. Therefore the role of the priest is to proclaim the Truth and suffer for the Truth…… If necessary, even to die for the truth.”
Fr. Jerzy Popieluszko
Maxime Bernier, leader of the upstart People’s Party of Canada, has issued some strong statements in support of advancing abortion regulations in Canada. In a series of tweets, Maxime Bernier responded to a report in La Presse newspaper that the Ministry of Health in Quebec was looking into ensuring late-term abortion services were provided within the province instead of sending women to United States “specialty clinics.”Please send a note of thanks to Mr. Bernier for his clear stance and suggest that he take an even stronger position by promising to initiate an abortion bill himself if he is elected this fall! You can call his office at 613-992-8053 or email him at maxime.bernier@parl.gc.ca.Bernier is the latest high-profile politician in the past few weeks to outline their perspectives on the legality of abortion.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who has never missed an opportunity to reiterate his pro-abortion stance, initiated much of the current national conversation with a fundraising letter in response to the participation of a dozen Conservative MPs in the National March for Life in Ottawa.Speaking of those Conservative MPs, we thank them as well for publicly taking a stand in support of pre-born human rights! Their courage is not without opposition – both from within and outside of their political party.And let’s not forget the three MPPs who spoke at the March for Life in Toronto! They incurred the wrath of abortion fanatics, with two having their offices targeted by protestors. We encourage you to send Christina Mitas, Willem Bouma, and Sam Oosterhoff a note of encouragement to stand strong for the pro-life cause.
The abortion debate continues, further than ever from being a closed issue!
It seems every time you turn around you hear another story of how Christian Canadians are persecuted for their beliefs
from David Cooke belowPastor David Lynn was arrested by Toronto Police on June 4th, 2019, after he was mobbed and assaulted by a large group of LGBT supporters. He was accused of deriding gays and preaching hatred, but his only "crime" was peacefully sharing the love of God on a public sidewalk.
I interviewed Pastor David to find out what really happened and to discuss the implications of his arrest for the entire Christian community. This video shows Pastor David's heart, tells his story, and unmasks the injustice that took place when he was wrongfully arrested.
I. O my Jesus, you have said:
"Truly I say to you, ask and you will receive, seek and you will find, knock and it
will be opened to you." Behold I knock, I seek and ask for the grace of...... (here
name your request)
Our Father....Hail Mary....Glory Be to the Father....Sacred Heart of Jesus, I
place all my trust in you.
II. O my Jesus, you have said: "Truly I say to you, if you ask
anything of the Father in my name, he will give it to you." Behold, in your name, I
ask the Father for the grace of.......(here name your request) Our Father...Hail
Mary....Glory Be To the Father....Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in
you.
III. O my Jesus, you have said: "Truly I say to you, heaven and
earth will pass away but my words will not pass away." Encouraged by your infallible
words I now ask for the grace of.....(here name your request) Our Father....Hail
Mary....Glory Be to the Father...Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in
you.
O Sacred Heart of Jesus, for whom it is impossible not to have compassion
on the afflicted, have pity on us miserable sinners and grant us the grace which we ask of
you, through the Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary, your tender Mother and ours.
Say the Hail, Holy Queen and add: St. Joseph, foster father of Jesus, pray for us.
-- St. Margaret Mary Alacoque
Padre Pio recited this novena every day for all those
who requested his prayers.
This is further to my thoughts on violence directed at Pro Lifers that I posted a few days ago. Because I am a Catholic I am presenting this from the Catholic perspective although I believe the majority of Christians and other People of Faith share this view.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church states: "Since the first century the Church has affirmed the moral evil of every procured abortion. This teaching has not changed and remains unchangeable. Direct abortion, that is to say, abortion willed either as an end or a means, is gravely contrary to the moral law" (No. 2271). click here
As Catholics we are called To participate in the Church's mission of Evangelization of Souls
click hereso it follows that Catholics are called to proclaim the Gospel of Life. I have come to realize over the past few years that here in Canada it is perfectly acceptable to persecute us for our beliefs because they are contrary to what our Our Prime Minister views as Canadian Values. Abortion on demand has become a "Canadian Value" . Lord have Mercy!
Yesterday morning Pat helped a resident who wanted a pair of hands to pull some wires through some areas in his electric wheel chair. He is adding some lights, a rear view camera, and even hopes to attach a solar panel to charge his battery. Pat had volunteered to help him last week, and he was in the lobby waiting for her when we arrived.
They managed to get a few things completed and he was very grateful for Pat's help. Pat even got to ride his wheel chair back to his floor.
They were doing this "engineering" on the main floor near the exit door to the garden behind the Residence. Since I passed by these two eager beavers on my way out to the garden with a female resident I took a few pictures
The weather was beautiful and we had a nice walk and she picked a few tiny flowers along the way. It was really cute. She brought them back to her room and put them in a plastic glass with a bit of water I should have taken pictures of the beautiful garden and the tiny bouquet too. Oh well.
Pro Lifers are opposed to violence, but that is not what Joyce Arthur of Abortion Rights Action League would have you believe. She makes false statements that WE are the violent ones and goes so low as to
condone acts of violence towards us. And many of our political leaders buy into her non truths.
I have been actively Pro Life for decades, and never have I encountered a pro life person who wasn't anything but peaceful. In fact over the years I
have seen numerous verbal and physical attacks on us from abortion supporters for simply praying or standing quietly holding a sign that says
“Pray to End Abortion” And now we aren’t even allowed to do that any more.
And acts of violence
towards us are virtually ignored by our liberal mainstream media. This is discrimination plain and simple and you never hear a
word from our Political leaderscondemning it. Federal, Provincial, and Municipal: they are all the
same. click here
Obviously I don’t expect everyone to have the same point of
view that I have, but I do expect that I have a right to that point of view
without being treated like a second class citizen for having it. Isn’t that
what democracy is all about?
BEAUTIFUL QUEEN OF LOVE HOLY MOTHER OF OUR KING HIS LIGHT OF GRACE UPON YOUR FACE IS SHINING FOR OUR EYES TO SEE OH MARY, OH MOTHER YOU HAVE COME TO US TO SPEAK FOR YOUR SON, OUR GOD OUR LORD HAS SENT YOU TO KIBEHO WITH HIS WORDS OF HOPE AND LOVE
OUR LADY OF KIBEHO BLESSED MOTHER OF THE WORLD YOU'RE THE VOICE OF YOUR SON LORD JESUS WITH HIS MESSAGE TO ALL THE WORLD WHEN WE LOOK INTO YOUR EYES WE CAN SEE THE LIGHT OF GOD YOU'RE THE STAR THAT IS SHINING TO THE WORLD FROM THE HEART OF AFRICA
HOLY QUEEN YOUR SOMBER VOICE THE TEARS WE SEE UPON YOUR FACE YOU'RE TELLING US, YOU'RE WARNING US YOU'RE PLEADING WE REPENT AND PRAY OH, MOTHER WE HEAR THE SACRED WORDS OF HOPE TO HELP US TO LIVE IN PEACE KIBEHO SINGS TO YOU: “WE LOVE YOU FOR YOUR GRACE IN THE NAME OF JESUS”
MARY SINGS: “DEAR CHILDREN I'VE COME TO YOU FOREVER YOU'LL RECEIVE MY LOVE I'LL COMFORT YOU IN KIBEHO WITH ALL THE GRACE FROM GOD ABOVE DEAR CHILDREN, PLEASE, PRAY TO HIM AND WORSHIP HIM AND REMEMBER THE THINGS YOU'VE HEARD OUR SAVIOUR'S MESSAGE WILL LEAD YOUR SOULS TO HIM LIVE YOUR LIFE BY HIS HOLY WORD
Received these links from my friend Maryke for the March for Life 2019. EWTN televised the whole event, which I hadn't been aware of. The taping includes Stephanie Gray, the producers from Gosnell and Abby Johnson.
This course is really good . Each video is about 15 minutes in length and covers one of the principles. I just watched the first video and plan to watch one each morning LESSON 1 - Unwavering Christocentrism LESSON 2 - Evangelization of the Culture LESSON 3 - Special Commitment to New Media LESSON 4 - Rootedness in the Mystical Body LESSON 5 - Leading with Beauty LESSON 6 - Affirmative Orthodoxy LESSON 7 - Collaborative Apostolate LESSON 8 - Grounded on the Eucharist
Wisdom: helps us judge what is important, meaningful, purposeful, etc. Understanding: to know something is different from truly understanding it. I can know a lot of facts about someone, but that is different from truly understanding that person. Counsel: helps us differentiate between right and wrong.
Fortitude: courage and endurance. Knowledge: helps us to know God. Piety: proper reverence for God, helps us obey God out of love.
Fear of the Lord: proper disdain for sin and awe of God’s goodness and love.
This 5 Day Pilgrimage begins at 8:00 am, Blessed Sacrament Parish in Ottawa Wednesday August 21, 2019 with adoration, the Holy Rosary and the Holy Mass and comes to a close in Cap de la Madeleine Sunday August 25th, 2019 with the wrap up in the Basilica Basement hub at 9;30 and Holy Mass in the Old Shrine at 1130
Confessions will be available at various times throughout the pilgrimage.
Bus/Hotel Packages:
From Toronto - Contact Mary - 416.497.7059 or Marg - 416.226.1449
From Ottawa - Contact Carol Ann Parlato - cparlato@tpi.ca - for Registration Form - Click "HERE"
From Halifax - Contact Jaunita - juanitabates1987@gmail.com
If you making your own way to the Cape a limited number of rooms are available at the Hotel Maison de la Madone located across the street from the Shrine – call 819.375.4997.
