Jennifer and Mary visiting Father Tony Van Hee on Wednesday
Father Tony is a true Canadian hero and an inspiration to all of us
Friday, December 13, 2019
Thursday, December 12, 2019
Celebrating the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe - 2019
Our Lady of Guadalupe is the Patron Saint of Mexico –
She is patroness of the Americas as well as the patron saint of unborn children and the
IOANNES PAULUS PP. II
Our Lady of Guadalupe, Pray for us
Celebrating our Lady of Guadalupe in California
OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE, OUR PATRONESS
Her enduring image is central to Diocese of Orange
BY GREG MELLEN 12/10/2019
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"Our Lady of Guadalupe Gave my family a Miracle "
From Evangelium Vitae
Pope John Paul II
O Mary, bright dawn of the new world, Mother of the living, to you do we entrust the cause of life Look down, O Mother, upon the vast numbers of babies not allowed to be born, of the poor whose lives are made difficult, of men and women who are victims of brutal violence, of the elderly and the sick killed by indifference or out of misguided mercy. Grant that all who believe in your Son may proclaim the Gospel of life with honesty and love to the people of our time.
Obtain for them the grace to accept that Gospel as a gift ever new, the joy of celebrating it with gratitude throughout their lives and the courage to bear witness to it resolutely, in order to build,
together with all people of good will, the civilization of truth and love,
to the praise and glory of God, the Creator and lover of life.
Given in Rome, at Saint Peter's, on 25 March, the Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord, in the year 1995, the seventeenth of my Pontificate.
Given in Rome, at Saint Peter's, on 25 March, the Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord, in the year 1995, the seventeenth of my Pontificate.
Wednesday, December 11, 2019
The Pro Life Homily that Rocked the World
https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/the-pro-life-homily-that-rocked-the-world-and-caused-3-priests-to-be-behead
Dr. Gerard M. NadalNote: H/T to Deacon Greg Kandra who posted this earlier this month on the 70th Anniversary of this Homily. This comes from historyplace.com which has an excellent repository of historical speeches and commentary. This homily, slightly reworded for current leaders is a commentary for our present age. For distributing copies of this homily, the Nazis beheaded three priests, but left the Cardinal alone for fear of making him a martyr. See the link for additional commentary before and after the homily. Now, the commentary and homily:
Commentary:
This is an excerpt of the sermon by Catholic Cardinal Clemens von Galen, delivered on Sunday, August 3, 1941, in Münster Cathedral, in which he risked his life by openly condemning the Nazi euthanasia program.
Code named “Aktion T4,” the Nazi program to eliminate “life unworthy of life” began on Hitler’s order in October 1939. The program at first focused on newborns and very young children. Midwives and doctors were required to register children up to age three that showed symptoms of mental retardation, physical deformity, or other symptoms included on a questionnaire from the Reich Health Ministry.
A decision on whether to allow the child to live was then made by three medical experts solely on the basis of the questionnaire, without any examination and without reading any medical records.
Each expert placed a + mark in red pencil or – mark in blue pencil under the term “treatment” on a special form. A red plus mark meant a decision to kill the child. A blue minus sign meant meant a decision against killing. Three +++ symbols resulted in a euthanasia warrant being issued and the transfer of the child to a ‘Children’s Specialty Department’ for death by injection or gradual starvation.
The decision had to be unanimous. In cases where the decision was not unanimous the child was kept under observation and another attempt would be made to get a unanimous decision.
The Nazi euthanasia program soon expanded to include older disabled children and adults. Hitler granted “the authority of certain physicians to be designated by name in such manner, that persons who, according to human judgment, are incurable, can, upon a most careful diagnosis of their condition of sickness, be accorded a mercy death.”
Questionnaires were then distributed to mental institutions, hospitals and other institutions caring for the chronically ill. A total of six killing centers were established including the well-known psychiatric clinic at Hadamar. The euthanasia program was eventually headed by an SS officer named Christian Wirth, a notorious brute with the nickname ‘the Savage Christian.’
At Brandenburg, a former prison was converted into a killing center where the first experimental gassings took place. The gas chambers were disguised as shower rooms, but were actually hermetically sealed chambers connected by pipes to cylinders of carbon monoxide. Each killing center also had a crematorium where the bodies were taken for disposal. Families were then falsely informed the cause of death was medical such as heart failure or pneumonia.
Homily:
Fellow Christians! In the pastoral letter of the German bishops of June 26, 1941, which was read out in all the Catholic churches in Germany on July 6, 1941, it states among other things: It is true that there are definite commandments in Catholic moral doctrine which are no longer applicable if their fulfillment involves too many difficulties.
However, there are sacred obligations of conscience from which no one has the power to release us and which we must fulfill even if it costs us our lives. Never under any circumstances may a human being kill an innocent person apart from war and legitimate self-defense. On July 6, I already had cause to add to the pastoral letter the following explanation: for some months we have been hearing reports that, on the orders of Berlin, patients from mental asylums who have been ill for a long time and may appear incurable, are being compulsorily removed. Then, after a short time, the relatives are regularly informed that the corpse has been burnt and the ashes can be delivered. There is a general suspicion verging on certainty, that these numerous unexpected deaths of mentally ill people do not occur of themselves but are deliberately brought about, that the doctrine is being followed, according to which one may destroy so-called ‘worthless life,’ that is, kill innocent people if one considers that their lives are of no further value for the nation and the state.
I am reliably informed that lists are also being drawn up in the asylums of the province of Westphalia as well of those patients who are to be taken away as so-called ‘unproductive national comrades’ and shortly to be killed. The first transport left the Marienthal institution near Münster during this past week.
German men and women, section 211 of the Reich Penal Code is still valid. It states: ‘He who deliberately kills another person will be punished by death for murder if the killing is premeditated.’
Those patients who are destined to be killed are transported away from home to a distant asylum presumably in order to protect those who deliberately kill those poor people, members of our families, from this legal punishment. Some illness is then given as the cause of death. Since the corpse has been burnt straight away, the relatives and also the criminal police are unable to establish whether the illness really occurred and what the cause of death was.
However, I have been assured that the Reich Interior Ministry and the office of the Reich Doctors’ Leader, Dr. Conti, make no bones about the fact that in reality a large number of mentally ill people in Germany have been deliberately killed and more will be killed in the future.
The Penal Code lays down in section 139: ‘He who receives credible information concerning the intention to commit a crime against life and neglects to alert the authorities or the person who is threatened in time…will be punished.’
When I learned of the intention to transport patients from Marienthal in order to kill them, I brought a formal charge at the State Court in Münster and with the Police President in Münster by means of a registered letter which read as follows: “According to information which I have received, in the course of this week a large number of patients from the Marienthal Provincial Asylum near Münster are to be transported to the Eichberg asylum as so-called ‘unproductive national comrades’ and will then soon be deliberately killed, as is generally believed has occurred with such transports from other asylums. Since such an action is not only contrary to the moral laws of God and Nature but also is punishable with death as murder under section 211 of the Penal Code, I hereby bring a charge in accordance with my duty under section 139 of the Penal Code, and request you to provide immediate protection for the national comrades threatened in this way by taking action against those agencies who are intending their removal and murder, and that you inform me of the steps that have been taken.”
I have received no news concerning intervention by the Prosecutor’s Office or by the police…Thus we must assume that the poor helpless patients will soon be killed.
For what reason?
Not because they have committed a crime worthy of death. Not because they attacked their nurses or orderlies so that the latter had no other choice but to use legitimate force to defend their lives against their attackers. Those are cases where, in addition to the killing of an armed enemy in a just war, the use of force to the point of killing is allowed and is often required.
No, it is not for such reasons that these unfortunate patients must die but rather because, in the opinion of some department, on the testimony of some commission, they have become ‘worthless life’ because according to this testimony they are ‘unproductive national comrades.’ The argument goes: they can no longer produce commodities, they are like an old machine that no longer works, they are like an old horse which has become incurably lame, they are like a cow which no longer gives milk.
What does one do with such an old machine? It is thrown on the scrap heap. What does one do with a lame horse, with such an unproductive cow?
No, I do not want to continue the comparison to the end–however fearful the justification for it and the symbolic force of it are. We are not dealing with machines, horses and cows whose only function is to serve mankind, to produce goods for man. One may smash them, one may slaughter them as soon as they no longer fulfil this function.
No, we are dealing with human beings, our fellow human beings, our brothers and sisters. With poor people, sick people, if you like unproductive people.
But have they for that reason forfeited the right to life?
Have you, have I the right to live only so long as we are productive, so long as we are recognized by others as productive?
If you establish and apply the principle that you can kill ‘unproductive’ fellow human beings then woe betide us all when we become old and frail! If one is allowed to kill the unproductive people then woe betide the invalids who have used up, sacrificed and lost their health and strength in the productive process. If one is allowed forcibly to remove one’s unproductive fellow human beings then woe betide loyal soldiers who return to the homeland seriously disabled, as cripples, as invalids. If it is once accepted that people have the right to kill ‘unproductive’ fellow humans–and even if initially it only affects the poor defenseless mentally ill–then as a matter of principle murder is permitted for all unproductive people, in other words for the incurably sick, the people who have become invalids through labor and war, for us all when we become old, frail and therefore unproductive.
Then, it is only necessary for some secret edict to order that the method developed for the mentally ill should be extended to other ‘unproductive’ people, that it should be applied to those suffering from incurable lung disease, to the elderly who are frail or invalids, to the severely disabled soldiers. Then none of our lives will be safe any more. Some commission can put us on the list of the ‘unproductive,’ who in their opinion have become worthless life. And no police force will protect us and no court will investigate our murder and give the murderer the punishment he deserves.
Who will be able to trust his doctor any more?
He may report his patient as ‘unproductive’ and receive instructions to kill him. It is impossible to imagine the degree of moral depravity, of general mistrust that would then spread even through families if this dreadful doctrine is tolerated, accepted and followed.
Woe to mankind, woe to our German nation if God’s Holy Commandment ‘Thou shalt not kill,’ which God proclaimed on Mount Sinai amidst thunder and lightning, which God our Creator inscribed in the conscience of mankind from the very beginning, is not only broken, but if this transgression is actually tolerated and permitted to go unpunished.
Cardinal Clemens von Galen – August 3, 1941
A decision on whether to allow the child to live was then made by three medical experts solely on the basis of the questionnaire, without any examination and without reading any medical records.
Each expert placed a + mark in red pencil or – mark in blue pencil under the term “treatment” on a special form. A red plus mark meant a decision to kill the child. A blue minus sign meant meant a decision against killing. Three +++ symbols resulted in a euthanasia warrant being issued and the transfer of the child to a ‘Children’s Specialty Department’ for death by injection or gradual starvation.
The decision had to be unanimous. In cases where the decision was not unanimous the child was kept under observation and another attempt would be made to get a unanimous decision.
The Nazi euthanasia program soon expanded to include older disabled children and adults. Hitler granted “the authority of certain physicians to be designated by name in such manner, that persons who, according to human judgment, are incurable, can, upon a most careful diagnosis of their condition of sickness, be accorded a mercy death.”
Questionnaires were then distributed to mental institutions, hospitals and other institutions caring for the chronically ill. A total of six killing centers were established including the well-known psychiatric clinic at Hadamar. The euthanasia program was eventually headed by an SS officer named Christian Wirth, a notorious brute with the nickname ‘the Savage Christian.’
At Brandenburg, a former prison was converted into a killing center where the first experimental gassings took place. The gas chambers were disguised as shower rooms, but were actually hermetically sealed chambers connected by pipes to cylinders of carbon monoxide. Each killing center also had a crematorium where the bodies were taken for disposal. Families were then falsely informed the cause of death was medical such as heart failure or pneumonia.
Homily:
Fellow Christians! In the pastoral letter of the German bishops of June 26, 1941, which was read out in all the Catholic churches in Germany on July 6, 1941, it states among other things: It is true that there are definite commandments in Catholic moral doctrine which are no longer applicable if their fulfillment involves too many difficulties.
However, there are sacred obligations of conscience from which no one has the power to release us and which we must fulfill even if it costs us our lives. Never under any circumstances may a human being kill an innocent person apart from war and legitimate self-defense. On July 6, I already had cause to add to the pastoral letter the following explanation: for some months we have been hearing reports that, on the orders of Berlin, patients from mental asylums who have been ill for a long time and may appear incurable, are being compulsorily removed. Then, after a short time, the relatives are regularly informed that the corpse has been burnt and the ashes can be delivered. There is a general suspicion verging on certainty, that these numerous unexpected deaths of mentally ill people do not occur of themselves but are deliberately brought about, that the doctrine is being followed, according to which one may destroy so-called ‘worthless life,’ that is, kill innocent people if one considers that their lives are of no further value for the nation and the state.
I am reliably informed that lists are also being drawn up in the asylums of the province of Westphalia as well of those patients who are to be taken away as so-called ‘unproductive national comrades’ and shortly to be killed. The first transport left the Marienthal institution near Münster during this past week.
German men and women, section 211 of the Reich Penal Code is still valid. It states: ‘He who deliberately kills another person will be punished by death for murder if the killing is premeditated.’
Those patients who are destined to be killed are transported away from home to a distant asylum presumably in order to protect those who deliberately kill those poor people, members of our families, from this legal punishment. Some illness is then given as the cause of death. Since the corpse has been burnt straight away, the relatives and also the criminal police are unable to establish whether the illness really occurred and what the cause of death was.
However, I have been assured that the Reich Interior Ministry and the office of the Reich Doctors’ Leader, Dr. Conti, make no bones about the fact that in reality a large number of mentally ill people in Germany have been deliberately killed and more will be killed in the future.
The Penal Code lays down in section 139: ‘He who receives credible information concerning the intention to commit a crime against life and neglects to alert the authorities or the person who is threatened in time…will be punished.’
When I learned of the intention to transport patients from Marienthal in order to kill them, I brought a formal charge at the State Court in Münster and with the Police President in Münster by means of a registered letter which read as follows: “According to information which I have received, in the course of this week a large number of patients from the Marienthal Provincial Asylum near Münster are to be transported to the Eichberg asylum as so-called ‘unproductive national comrades’ and will then soon be deliberately killed, as is generally believed has occurred with such transports from other asylums. Since such an action is not only contrary to the moral laws of God and Nature but also is punishable with death as murder under section 211 of the Penal Code, I hereby bring a charge in accordance with my duty under section 139 of the Penal Code, and request you to provide immediate protection for the national comrades threatened in this way by taking action against those agencies who are intending their removal and murder, and that you inform me of the steps that have been taken.”
I have received no news concerning intervention by the Prosecutor’s Office or by the police…Thus we must assume that the poor helpless patients will soon be killed.
For what reason?
Not because they have committed a crime worthy of death. Not because they attacked their nurses or orderlies so that the latter had no other choice but to use legitimate force to defend their lives against their attackers. Those are cases where, in addition to the killing of an armed enemy in a just war, the use of force to the point of killing is allowed and is often required.
No, it is not for such reasons that these unfortunate patients must die but rather because, in the opinion of some department, on the testimony of some commission, they have become ‘worthless life’ because according to this testimony they are ‘unproductive national comrades.’ The argument goes: they can no longer produce commodities, they are like an old machine that no longer works, they are like an old horse which has become incurably lame, they are like a cow which no longer gives milk.
What does one do with such an old machine? It is thrown on the scrap heap. What does one do with a lame horse, with such an unproductive cow?
No, I do not want to continue the comparison to the end–however fearful the justification for it and the symbolic force of it are. We are not dealing with machines, horses and cows whose only function is to serve mankind, to produce goods for man. One may smash them, one may slaughter them as soon as they no longer fulfil this function.
No, we are dealing with human beings, our fellow human beings, our brothers and sisters. With poor people, sick people, if you like unproductive people.
But have they for that reason forfeited the right to life?
Have you, have I the right to live only so long as we are productive, so long as we are recognized by others as productive?
If you establish and apply the principle that you can kill ‘unproductive’ fellow human beings then woe betide us all when we become old and frail! If one is allowed to kill the unproductive people then woe betide the invalids who have used up, sacrificed and lost their health and strength in the productive process. If one is allowed forcibly to remove one’s unproductive fellow human beings then woe betide loyal soldiers who return to the homeland seriously disabled, as cripples, as invalids. If it is once accepted that people have the right to kill ‘unproductive’ fellow humans–and even if initially it only affects the poor defenseless mentally ill–then as a matter of principle murder is permitted for all unproductive people, in other words for the incurably sick, the people who have become invalids through labor and war, for us all when we become old, frail and therefore unproductive.
Then, it is only necessary for some secret edict to order that the method developed for the mentally ill should be extended to other ‘unproductive’ people, that it should be applied to those suffering from incurable lung disease, to the elderly who are frail or invalids, to the severely disabled soldiers. Then none of our lives will be safe any more. Some commission can put us on the list of the ‘unproductive,’ who in their opinion have become worthless life. And no police force will protect us and no court will investigate our murder and give the murderer the punishment he deserves.
Who will be able to trust his doctor any more?
He may report his patient as ‘unproductive’ and receive instructions to kill him. It is impossible to imagine the degree of moral depravity, of general mistrust that would then spread even through families if this dreadful doctrine is tolerated, accepted and followed.
Woe to mankind, woe to our German nation if God’s Holy Commandment ‘Thou shalt not kill,’ which God proclaimed on Mount Sinai amidst thunder and lightning, which God our Creator inscribed in the conscience of mankind from the very beginning, is not only broken, but if this transgression is actually tolerated and permitted to go unpunished.
Cardinal Clemens von Galen – August 3, 1941
Sunday, December 8, 2019
Run With Life: 3,985 MAID deaths in Ontario
Run With Life: 3,985 MAID deaths in Ontario: Medical Aid in Dying deaths as of Oct. 31, 2019 What a tragedy all these deaths are. The youngest person put to death was 22 years old. ...
Tuesday, December 3, 2019
Sunday, November 10, 2019
What Catholics Believe
I am a Catholic and I'm sick and tired of the way Catholics here in Canada are criticized and harassed and persecuted. It never ends it seems. Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is criticized non stop and asked stupid questions because of his beliefs as a practicing Catholic. So it seems that if you are a practicing Catholic then according to our liberal media you aren't fit for public office . Talk about discrimination. There is no common sense in this country anymore.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the other hand, calls himself a Catholic but he is anything but! See Jonathon Van Maren's article at this link
Every Sunday at mass, Catholics pray the Nicene Creed ( below) We Profess our Faith . We profess our belief in the Teachings of Holy Mother Church. The Catechism of the Catholic Church is our guide.
As an example we believe that life is sacred, Remember the fifth commandment Thou shalt not kill?
The Precepts of the Catholic Church are a description of the absolute minimum actions required of Catholics regarding the Church. The Seventh Precept it to to join in the missionary spirit and apostolate of the Church. This is what every good Catholic is called to do and that includes those in Public Office.
Catholic haters, back off!
Thanks
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the other hand, calls himself a Catholic but he is anything but! See Jonathon Van Maren's article at this link
Every Sunday at mass, Catholics pray the Nicene Creed ( below) We Profess our Faith . We profess our belief in the Teachings of Holy Mother Church. The Catechism of the Catholic Church is our guide.
As an example we believe that life is sacred, Remember the fifth commandment Thou shalt not kill?
The Precepts of the Catholic Church are a description of the absolute minimum actions required of Catholics regarding the Church. The Seventh Precept it to to join in the missionary spirit and apostolate of the Church. This is what every good Catholic is called to do and that includes those in Public Office.
So if you are one of those Catholic haters can you please give it a rest ok?
Catholic haters, back off!
Thanks
Nicene Creed
We believe in one God,
the Father, the Almighty,
Maker of all that is, seen and unseen.
We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ,
the only Son of God,
eternally begotten of the Father,
God from God, Light from Light,
true God from true God,
begotten, not made, consubstantial
of one Being with the Father.
Through him all things were made.
For us men and for our salvation
he came down from heaven,
and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin Mary,
and became man.
For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate;
he suffered death and was buried.
On the third day he rose again
in accordance with the Scriptures;
he ascended into heaven
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead,
and his kingdom will have no end.
We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life,
who proceeds from the Father and the Son.
With the Father and the Son he is worshipped and glorified.
He has spoken through the Prophets.
We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church.
We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.
We look for the resurrection of the dead,
and the life of the world to come. Amen.
the Father, the Almighty,
Maker of all that is, seen and unseen.
We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ,
the only Son of God,
eternally begotten of the Father,
God from God, Light from Light,
true God from true God,
begotten, not made, consubstantial
of one Being with the Father.
Through him all things were made.
For us men and for our salvation
he came down from heaven,
and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin Mary,
and became man.
For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate;
he suffered death and was buried.
On the third day he rose again
in accordance with the Scriptures;
he ascended into heaven
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead,
and his kingdom will have no end.
We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life,
who proceeds from the Father and the Son.
With the Father and the Son he is worshipped and glorified.
He has spoken through the Prophets.
We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church.
We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.
We look for the resurrection of the dead,
and the life of the world to come. Amen.
Friday, November 8, 2019
Wrap Up - 40 Days for Life - 2019 - Ottawa
From Wanda CLC
Thanks to Everyone who prayed,
fasted and came to the vigil site to stand for life. The Fall 2019 – 40 Days
for Life campaign has now come to an end. Of the 480 vigil hours, 450 hours had
some presence at the downtown vigil site at Queen and Bank Streets.
Reports coming in, tell us that so
far, there are 454 confirmed reports of babies who were spared from abortion and
they received the gift of life, because of the world-wide efforts of 40 Days
for Life participants.
It was a challenging campaign. Although
many U.S. vigil locations saw an increase in attendance after the movie
Unplanned came out, in Ottawa, the bubble zone law made people more
cautious in participating. We did get an array of negative comments, but for
every negative reaction, there were just as many positive and encouraging
remarks.
In Ottawa, pro-aborts called the police
on us three times, twice to complain that we were breaking the law with our
presence at the vigil site, and on one rainy day, the CIBC bank called the
police to have vigilers moved away from their windows. Each situation was
peacefully resolved. I can just see God smiling down on us as we continued to
witness for the unborn. Whenever I prayed at the vigil site, God always sent
birds, flying gracefully in the sky or sitting on building ledges, reminding me
of the angels that were there supporting us and bringing our prayers to the
Father.
We had many wonderful guests at our
rallies, Father Claude Hallé and Frank Barrett encouraged
us at the first rally, Father Mark Goring gave a powerful pep talk at the mid-point
rally. At the closing Archbishop Prendergast came with his blessing, and
Anastasia Bowles from LifeCanada, gave an impactful presentation about their on-going
work and the Missing Project. We welcome Debbie Duval from Campaign Life
Coalition to our organizing committee; she helps us to stay connected to the
bigger picture. Father Tony Van Hee, our priest who has been charged under the
Safe Access to Abortion Services Act, was a regular presence at the vigil site
and he kept our equipment safe from thefts. The Sisters from the Queenship of
Mary came with their beautiful voices to lead us in song. We also thank St.
Patrick’s Basilica for their hospitality in letting us use the Scavi for our
information meeting and closing reception.
We did have protesters at two of the rallies,
yelling the same tired old slogans, carrying signs, banging pots and blowing
bubbles. Childish behaviour, but then they are wounded, misguided children.
They don’t realize that their antics don’t change our resolve, they only prove
to us that we are having an impact and they become recipients of our prayers.
Many people have said they once were among the “choice” protesters but had a
complete heart transformation for pro-life.
I thank my wonderful committee for
keeping me strong and on track. Thank you for your help and guidance: Deacon Charles Fink, Helena Szakowski, Paul
Lauzon, Sean O’Carroll, Germaine Gaudet, Stan Siok, Lyse Charron, Bernard
Couture, John Pacheco and Debbie Duval.
Any feedback you may have for us is
very welcome. I’d be interested in hearing from you about your experiences
during the previous 40 Days for Life campaign.
From time to time, I’ll send out updates
related to the 40 Days for Life campaign, but I promise that I won’t inundate
you with emails.
If you want to contact me, please
use the email, wanda40daysforlife@clife.ca
God Bless you and always remember to
pray for the precious unborn and their moms.
Yours for Life,
Wanda
Wanda Hartlin
Co-ordinator
40 Days for Life, Ottawa
Friday, November 1, 2019
Born Alive and Left to Die / The Horrors of Infanticide
Every living Person should be horrified by this.
Blessed Imelda, Patroness of First Communicants
Thursday, October 31, 2019
Sunday, October 27, 2019
Eden's Baptism Today
This is a very special Day for Our Family
John and Chantel's youngest daughter Eden was baptized by Father Lukose
at Holy Cross Parish on Walkley Road after the 11:15 Mass.
In attendance were Eden's mommy and daddy, grandma and grandpa,
her two sisters Bailee and Emilee, her brother Kyle and friend Jasmine,
aunt Debbie and Eden's Teacher Miss Leslie.
Two beautiful children, a boy and a girl from another family were also baptized
Both families joined in the Entrance Procession with Father Lukose and the altar servers
When we reached the front of the Church we acknowledged our desire to have our child ( children ) baptized and then Fr. Lukose asked the parents and godparents to bless the child ( children ) on the forehead.
Before Mass, Father Lukose asked Eden and Chantel to bring up the gifts during the Offertory
It was really beautiful and we are all very proud of our dear little Eden.
Congratulations Eden!
Congratulations to Eden's Godparents, Grandpa and Chantel's aunt Mary.
I stood in for aunt Mary because she lives in Newfoundland.
Afterwards we all went to Swiss Chalet! Yummy!
Congratulations Eden!
Congratulations to Eden's Godparents, Grandpa and Chantel's aunt Mary.
I stood in for aunt Mary because she lives in Newfoundland.
Afterwards we all went to Swiss Chalet! Yummy!
Tuesday, October 22, 2019
Prophetic Words from Pope John Paul 11
Every Tuesday here at the Annunciation of the Lord Parish we have the Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament beginning after the 9:00 AM Mass until 4:00 PM with Benediction and the Divine Praises.
In his homily today, Deacon Marc read these prophetic words (below) of Pope John Paul 11, taken from The Magnificat Meditations.
I really like Deacon Marc's homilies on Tuesdays. His words always leave me with something to meditate on during my prayer time after mass.
click here for more information from The Catholic Thing
Second Paragraph:
In his homily today, Deacon Marc read these prophetic words (below) of Pope John Paul 11, taken from The Magnificat Meditations.
I really like Deacon Marc's homilies on Tuesdays. His words always leave me with something to meditate on during my prayer time after mass.
First Paragraph:
Address at the Eucharistic Congress in Philadelphia, 1976– Bicentennial talk given in the United States by the future St. John Paul II, then Cardinal Karol Wojtyla of Kraków, Polandclick here for more information from The Catholic Thing
Second Paragraph:
In response to questions about the Third Secret whilst speaking in Fulda Germany, 1980
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Monday, October 21, 2019
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