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Bishop Robert Hermann on Voting as though 'Judgment Day is on its Way'
Catholic Online ^
| 10/18/08
| Bishop Robert Hermann
Posted on 10/18/2008 7:16:41 AM PDT by tcg
The decision I make in the voting booth will reflect my value system. If I value the good of the economy and my current lifestyle more than I do the right to life itself, then I am in trouble. Pope John Paul II, in his post-synodal apostolic exhortation Christifideles laici tells us: Above all, the common outcry, which is justly made on behalf of human rights for example, the right to health, to home, to work, to family, to culture is false and illusory if the right to life, the most basic and fundamental right and the condition for all other personal rights, is not defended with maximum determination.
The right of our children to be protected from destruction is greater than my right to a thriving economy. I am living proof of this, since I am here because my parents believed this priority and lived it. My desire for a good economy cannot justify my voting to remove all current restrictions on abortion. My desire to end the war in Iraq cannot justify my voting to remove all current restrictions on abortion.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: abortion; bishops; catholic; christianvote; obama
The Catholic Church teaches that the issue of life is the most basic issue and must be given priority over the issue of the economy, the issue of war or any other issue.
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posted on
10/18/2008 7:16:42 AM PDT
by
tcg
To: tcg
IF all 67 million Catholics eligible to vote and other moral and spiritual believers would only choose life over the economic promises of the false messiah, we would not have to be fretting over ACORN’s coming coup
Watch this video and pass it along
http://www.catholicvote.com/
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posted on
10/18/2008 7:21:47 AM PDT
by
silverleaf
(Fasten your seat belts- it's going to be a BUMPY ride.)
To: tcg
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posted on
10/18/2008 7:22:43 AM PDT
by
Ann Archy
(Abortion.....The Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
To: tcg
"If I value the good of the economy and my current lifestyle more than I do the right to life itself, then I am in trouble."I refuse to accept the premise that voting for rat bastards would somehow be better for "the economy and my current lifestyle".
I'm choosing life AND what's better for the economy and my current lifestyle.
Yeesh - This guy still doesn't get it.
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posted on
10/18/2008 7:35:24 AM PDT
by
Slump Tester
(What if I'm pregnant Teddy? Errr-ahh -Calm down Mary Jo, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it)
To: tcg
The young woman sat in the doctors office waiting room and cuddled the 6 month-old boy in her lap. Soon she was escorted to an exam room.
The doctor finally came in, smiled, sat down, glanced at her file and asked Mrs. Jones, what brings you here today?
She hesitated — then the words tumbled out in a torrent.
Doctor, my husband doesnt make much money, we have 3 children now and Im pregnant again. Doctor we just cant afford another mouth to feed were barely making it now. She paused again. Doctor, I want an abortion.
The doctor sat back in his chair, laid the file aside and said, An abortion costs around 500 dollars and you probably dont have the money. I have a better, less expensive option. Reaching into a drawer, the doctor extracted a scalpel and continued.
Lay the lad here across your lap and pull his shirt up so his chest is exposed.
Shocked, she blurted, What are you going to do?
Why, well simply kill THIS baby.
Clutching her son to her breast, she leapt to her feet and shouted You MONSTER!
The doctor paused, then spoke.
Mrs. Jones, the only difference between your proposal and mine is that one baby is IN your lap and the other is ON you lap and, therefore, much easier to get at.
She ran from the room, his words ringing in her ears.
Is abortion the killing of a human being?
Not according to Obama, NARAL and the other radical feminist gangs who require that abortion continue to be available to them as a last resort birth control method to allow them to persist in their sexually promiscuous lifestyle.
Ill believe its NOT a human being when a woman gives birth to a chicken, hog or a tree.
To: tcg
Sadly many Catholics including some clergy will vote for Obama ignoring his support of literal infanticide but rather supporting his “social justice” agenda of socialism.
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posted on
10/18/2008 7:50:22 AM PDT
by
The Great RJ
("Mir we bleiwen wat mir sin" or "We want to remain what we are." ..Luxembourg motto)
To: silverleaf
What a Godsend this is and a prayer answered. I've been trying to get through to my pro-Obama Catholic family and all I've got is yelled at in return about what an idiot I am and how Sarah Palin is a dingbat. I sent this article to them. They can yell at the Bishop now and they'll really be yelling in HELL if they don't see the spiritual error of their ways.
Their blood is now not on my hands. If I'm hated for this, oh well. You are all my witnesses to the Lord that I gave it my best shot to warn them. What they are really saying is that they have more faith in Obama than in Jesus. They may not think that, but their vote will prove it.
If God himself isn't listened to, then who the heck am I.
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posted on
10/18/2008 8:23:34 AM PDT
by
pray4liberty
(The Lord is on the side of the truly righteous. The MSM is not.)
To: diamond6; Salvation
*Ping*
Send this to your pro-Obama relatives!
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posted on
10/18/2008 8:35:33 AM PDT
by
pray4liberty
(The Lord is on the side of the truly righteous. The MSM is not.)
To: pray4liberty
Thank you!
I have a deluded, corrupted, Catholic friend I will send to at the opportune moment.
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posted on
10/18/2008 9:18:22 AM PDT
by
diamond6
(Is SIDS preventable? www.Stopsidsnow.com)
To: diamond6
Send this as well:
21 week old blob of snot grabs surgeons hand during pre-natal procedure. Obama, if thats NOT a human baby, please tell us what it is?
To: diamond6
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posted on
10/18/2008 10:14:44 AM PDT
by
pray4liberty
(The Lord is on the side of the truly righteous. The MSM is not.)
To: The Great RJ
When Catholics vote for Obamanation or any dimocrat, for that matter, they are excommunicating themselves due to the increased support for abortion in the dimocrats’ platform. They are only CINOs and cannot receive Communion.
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posted on
10/18/2008 2:25:34 PM PDT
by
Salvation
( †With God all things are possible.†)
To: tcg
This makes over 60 bishops who have spoken out against Pelosi, Biden and other dimocrats! Their message -- "Vote for LIFE!" This list only has links for 26 of them.
Updated: American Bishops who have spoken against Pelosi
Here is the complete list of American bishops who have responded to Nancy Pelosi's comments so far:
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... Bishop James Conley, his auxiliary, joined him
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... Bishop William Lori of Bridgeport, chairman of the Committee on Doctrine, joined him
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Bishop David Zubik of Pittsburgh and...
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... Bishop Oscar Cantu, his auxiliary bishop, has joined him
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Cardinal
Francis George of Chicago, President of the US Bishops,
has weighed-in
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{Last updated on September 10th.}
Notes:
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Previous #23 has been removed. Bishop Joseph Gossman of Raleigh, NC is actually the bishop emeritus, and the new bishop, Michael Burbidge has not, to my knowledge, made a personal statement.
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Previous #16 has also been removed, it was an erroneous duplication of current #13.
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#26 was added September 10th, although he published his column September 6th
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posted on
10/18/2008 2:27:35 PM PDT
by
Salvation
( †With God all things are possible.†)
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