The Heavy Hitters

Ada Scheidler [3rd generation Scheidler working for prolife] holds a protest sign at a rally outside Planned Parenthood Aurora [photo by Sam Scheidler].

Today at Mass, I was praying for our nation, and what came to mind were the relatively few people (with prominent power!) "going to bat" for us doing the "extraordinary" (while putting their lives on the line) to help save our nation and the world at large. Of course, there are others, but as the following continue on their journeys attempting to "knock [another] one out of the park," know that there is a way that we can help them -- read about The Battle of Lepanto below.

--St Michael the Archangel, pray for US.

My list follows; please add to it, or create your own.:)

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Heavy Hitters:
Pope Benedict XVI
United States Armed Forces
Fr. Thomas J. Euteneuer
Sarah Palin
Glenn Beck
Michele Bachmann
Jill Stanek
The Scheidler Family
Dr. Joseph Mercola
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The Battle of Lepanto

The power of prayer through the Rosary:
Remembering Lepanto --Michael Novak
"The Christian victory was far more complete than anyone had dreamed. The victory seemed to many quite miraculous, and victory was immediately attributed to Our Lady Queen of the Rosary — soon to be called by a new title, Our Lady Queen of Victory. All over Europe, from city to town, church bells rang out continuously when news of the impressive victory arrived ..."

I always pray for my family, and for my dead, but I find myself praying more these days for my country. We really need those prayers.

For your list, I would suggest Fr. Frank Pavone.

I always pray for my family, and for my dead, but I find myself praying more these days for my country. We really need those prayers. For your list, I would suggest Fr. Frank Pavone.

There was only one reason I neglected to add Fr. Pavone to the list. While in Aurora, IL, I was attending and filming a pro-life event and Fr. Pavone came to lead it. After the event, instead of praying the Rosary, he was talking with people on the sidelines while three local priests led the prayers to Our Lady. That was a disappoint to me (as this was a HUGE Planned Parenthood we were trying to keep from operation, and who better to call on than Mary to get that accomplished, especially from a "famous" Catholic priest) and a pro-life friend of mine saw I was upset, so he got in touch with Fr. Euteneuer to help clear things up. Fr. Euteneuer pretty much said that that was how Fr. Pavone operated, not placing strong emphasis on the Rosary, and since this particular post was about the tie-in to The Battle of Lepanto (which is all about reciting the Rosary to save us), I left him off. But, yes, Fr. Pavone has done an extraordinary amount for the pro-life cause. He's a great man and fine priest.

And I know what you mean by praying more for your country.:)

Interesting. I only saw Fr. Pavone once in person. Back when we were in living in Westchester, he was invited to preach on abortion at our parish church at the Sunday Mass.

He gave an excellent sermon. What I still remember is that he said that even women who had multiple abortions should be the objects of our prayer, because it is never too late to confess our sins and amend our lives.

That was back at a time when not much was being heard on the subject from Catholic pulpits. In fact, pro-life was almost entirely a lay movement then.

He is a wonderful priest. I think one of the reasons he doesn’t get involved with saying the Rosary is because he works with so many differing faiths all the time. But it was funny ... I was thinking of him as a Catholic rock star (sort of) before he came out and I was all prepared to belt out the Rosary with him leading and the heavens getting all fired up, but he just walked away to the side of the group. It caught me by surprise. That’s cool you got to see him “live” too.

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