Posted on 11/08/2012 5:55:04 AM PST by NYer
Yes...and a huge percentage of those Mexican Catholics are here illegally and still voted and they're here with the encouragement and the aid and comfort of the Catholic hierarchy. The bishops can't have it both ways. They claim to oppose obama and his anti-Christian ways and yet help flood the country with the people whose presence makes possible the election of obama.
I don't read this paragraph as metaphor.
MondoQueen said it before I could. You go to the Traditional Latin Mass, and you won’t find anyone debating about what is or is not Catholic orthodoxy. Everyone there — from the priest down to the youngest child in catechism class — knows the score.
Hang in there yldstrk, the number of strong Catholics is increasing.
Good signs:
1. My teenage daughter went to a retreat/conference this summer where there were 5,000 kids learning about real Catholic things like the beauty of chastity, and the practice of adoration of the eucharist. She came back so fortified in her faith, and has been reading her youth catholic bible on her own since then. Probably not all 5,000 kids were touched that way, but many, many were.
2. My womens bible study is very orthodox. They were pretty crushed by the election results, but they are prayer warriors and pretty used to storming heaven when the situation calls for it. Don’t underestimate the power of people like that. People like them are few and scattered around, but they pray like they mean it.
It’s our job (duty) as the 60 peprcent to evangelize and enlighten this 40 peprcent.
Don’t give up!
Or as Winston Churchilll said during World War II: “Never give in, never give in, never give in!”
**Onward Soldiers For Christ!**
Amen! I think that is why many of us are here on FR!
Our work is cut out for us.......Protestants need to get to the Black Protestants who voted for Obama
Catholics need to get to the Hispanics who voted for Obama
And we all need to get to those people who complain about what is happening and ask them if they voted.
When they reply in the negative, we can start a list with name and phone number and follow up on it by giving them a call and/or a ride to vote in the next election!
I know that sounds mundane, but we will have to do it.
At the end of the day, Catholic Church leadership did not have the courage of their convictions. They shied away from a direct confrontation with Obama and anything that might have dissuaded Democrats from the collection basket.
They should have been wall-to-wall with one clear, unequivocal message. Either Obama backs down from this, or it is sinful for Catholics to vote for him.
They did not come anywhere even remotely close to that.
The priest at my parents parish voted for Obama! I think a national movement would be in order. Write a letter to your bishop and tell him you are no longer donating to the Church until they take real action.
Father Hollowell has some good points here. There is going to be a time very soon that priests and bishops will know that being tough and assertive may be the most loving, Christian act they will ever have to do. The greatest act of mercy may be to correct an injustice, bearing in mind the future of the souls of their flocks.
I can bet that my priest didn’t vote for Obama but the priest at the other parish in town yeah he probably did.
We will all face God and as that video asked “Will your vote stand the test of fire”?
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