October 29th, 2008
As a store we haven’t really taken sides in this election apart from a couple of posts here , here and here and my daughter’s endorsement of Chuck Norris. So, we figured it was about time to say something about the upcoming election.
This was going to be a video but time constraints and missing video camera parts have resulted in a much lower-tech version than we had planned. Sigh.
I’m voting for Obama because:
- I like socialism.
- I think the government should handle our health care. Just like they’ve handled our mortgage crisis.
- I support the second amendment.
- I oppose the second amendment.
- I think babies who survive abortions should be left to die.
- he’s worked closely with Bill Ayers and I like domestic terrorists, too.
- Hollywood said to.
- he would have abandoned Iraq to terrorists.
- I don’t think our constitution is very good either.
- I think a judge’s personal experience is more important than fairly applying the law.
- the Nation of Islam thinks he is the Messiah.
- he supports changing the definition of marriage
- he opposes changing the definition of marriage.
- he’s friends with Tony Rezko and I like convicted felons, too.
- he only wants to raise taxes on people who make more than $250,000 a year.
- he only wants to raise taxes on people who make more than $200,000 a year.
- he only wants to raise taxes on people who make more than $150,000 a year.
- he only voted to raise taxes on people making more than $42,000 a year / he will only raise taxes on those making more than $100,000 a year / he will only raises taxes on those making more than $140,000 a year
- only people who go to Ivy-League schools are qualified to be president.
- he looks down on religious people and gun owners.
- I don’t want to be able to find out if my under-age daughter is getting an abortion.
- he believes in class warefare and I hate rich people, too.
- his supporters are really good at committing voter registration fraud.
- the first thing he will do as president is abolish all restrictions on abortion.
- paying higher taxes is patriotic.
- I like buying oil from terrorist supporting states and two-bit dictators.
- Obama is like President Franklin Roosevelt. You know, he got on TV and calmed the panic during the 1929 stock market crash.
- Fr. Flager endorsed him and I like white racists.
- Rev. Wright was his pastor for years and I like black racists as much as I like white ones.
- he thinks that by voting for him we can lower the level of the oceans.
- he opposes storing nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain.
- he voted twice to store nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain.
- he will make small businesses that don’t provide health care plans to employees pay more taxes.
- he supports high gas prices. I hate only paying $3.50 a gallon for gas.
- the media told me to and I don’t want to think for myself.
- he wants to spread the wealth around and I’m too lazy to earn my own money so taking it from other people sounds like a great deal to me.
- we’ll have an international crisis within six months of his inauguration.
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Posted by Ian
October 29th, 2008
Seeing as how it’s almost November, most people probably aren’t thinking about hurricanes or those who have suffered from them this year. But as the Christmas season grows near, we shouldn’t forget those who have faced these natural disasters this year and lost much of what they own, whose homes and churches and cities have been greatly damaged by rain and wind and storms. The Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux in Louisiana, which has been great to us in the past, was hit hard this year by hurricanes Gustav and Ike, and they could definitely use your help even now. If you can spare some money, they would appreciate whatever donations you can give.
Visit their website to donate, and to see more photos of the damage their city is trying to repair. It’s important to help those we can help, whenever we can, even in times when the economy isn’t so good. If we can’t help each other out, who will help us when we find that we need it?
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October 28th, 2008
“Advent, the first Sunday of the new liturgical year and the season of waiting in hopefulness for the coming of Christ, begins on November 30”
Advent begins November 30th. Do you have your Advent reading and resources?
Jesus said to his disciples, “But of that day or hour, no one knows, neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. Be watchful! Be alert! You do not know when the time will come. It is like a man traveling abroad. He leaves home and places his servants in charge, each with his work, and orders the gatekeeper to be on the watch. Watch, therefore; you do not know when the lord of the house is coming, whether in the evening, or at midnight, or at cockcrow, or in the morning. May he not come suddenly and find you sleeping. What I say to you, I say to all: ‘Watch!’”
-The above is a reading for the first Sunday of Advent, from the Gospel of Mark 13: 32-37
“In Advent, the Church turns our attention to the two comings of Christ. Both were unexpected. No one expected God to take on flesh and become human; and Jesus warns us that the second coming will be at a time we do not expect. The Church also considers the coming of Christ that exists between the two comings, His coming to us in the present through sacraments, persons and circumstances of our lives… May our faith and our reason lead us to be especially awake to Christ’s presence this advent season, and may our hearts be humble and desirous enough to welcome His presence in the yet unimagined ways He will reveal himself. May He grow in our lives as He grew in the life of Mary.”
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Our CD recommendation this week is a beautiful new CD sung by the Norbertine Fathers of St. Michael’s Abbey:
In this first record by the Norbertine Fathers of St. Michael’s Abbey, the chants of the three Masses of Christmas (Midnight Mass, Mass at dawn, and the Mass of the day) are beautifully presented, perfect for contemplating the mystery of the Incarnation.
For the rest of our selection of music for the Advent and Christmas seasons, please visit the CD section at our Advent and Christmas page. From chant to collections of sacred and traditional hymns to popular artists including Andrea Bocelli, Josh Groban, and John Michael Talbot, we have a great selection of Advent and Christmas music for everyone.
The coming of God’s Son to earth is an event of such immensity that God willed to prepare for it over centuries. He makes everything converge on Christ: all the rituals and sacrifices, figures and symbols of the “First Covenant”. He announces him through the mouths of the prophets who succeeded one another in Israel. Moreover, he awakens in the hearts of the pagans a dim expectation of this coming.
St. John the Baptist is the Lord’s immediate precursor or forerunner, sent to prepare his way. “Prophet of the Most High”, John surpasses all the prophets, of whom he is the last. He inaugurates the Gospel, already from his mother’s womb welcomes the coming of Christ, and rejoices in being “the friend of the bridegroom”, whom he points out as “the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world”. Going before Jesus “in the spirit and power of Elijah”, John bears witness to Christ in his preaching, by his Baptism of conversion, and through his martyrdom.
When the Church celebrates the liturgy of Advent each year, she makes present this ancient expectancy of the Messiah, for by sharing in the long preparation for the Savior’s first coming, the faithful renew their ardent desire for his second coming. By celebrating the precursor’s birth and martyrdom, the Church unites herself to his desire: “He must increase, but I must decrease.”
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An Advent Prayer for Hope
O God our Savior,
You are the hope of all the earth.
O God, when hope flickers and faints,
Rekindle us within the fire of your Spirit,
That we may burn with desire for
Your promised Salvation.
Amen.
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Posted by Susie
October 27th, 2008
Just a reminder - if you want to pray a novena for the election, today’s the day to start.
Find podcasts and texts of each day of the novena at the Faithful Citizenship site.
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Posted by Susie
October 22nd, 2008
Things around the country seem pretty discouraging lately, don’t they? It’s easy to give up and believe things to be hopeless, so we might as well stop trying. But that’s one of the glorious things about having faith in God - we know that anything is possible with Him.
Maybe there isn’t a lot we can really do to change the world or the people in it. We can always pray, though, and have faith even when it seems like the cause is lost. God has done miraculous things before, and continues to do so even today.
With that in mind, I’d like to join with the bishops and countless other Catholics in encouraging everyone to pray the Novena for Faithful Citizenship. This election novena should be started on October 27 in order to finish the last day on Election Day. The news regarding the election might seem pretty grim (if you’re hoping certain people don’t win, at least), but prayer is capable of doing powerful things. We can’t give up hope.
After the election, no matter who wins, people who have been praying and fighting to end abortion and that all life will be respected, will still have their work cut out for them. Prayer is the best tool we have, and we can’t ever forget that.
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Posted by Susie
October 21st, 2008
Overheard in the car:
Lucy (9): “I want Mr. Norris to be president.”
“Who?”
“Chuck Norris. The pro-life candidate.”
“Do you mean Chuck Baldwin? Chuck Norris isn’t running for president.”
“Oh, I guess so.”
I’d probably vote for Chuck Norris if he was running.
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October 18th, 2008
Thanksgiving is on November 27, a day to be with friends, family, and to give thanks to God for all He’s given us.
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Like many other holidays, the American holiday of Thanksgiving has come to be seen by many as nothing more than a day of food and friends, surrounded by days of big sales at the mall. But a look back at the history of this nation confirms it was indeed established as a day for giving thanks to God. In 1621, Governor Bradford of the Plymouth colony appointed a day for public praise and prayer after the first harvest, and the practice spread throughout the other New England colonies. Official national observance came later, through decrees by Presidents Washington and Lincoln:
“Whereas it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favor; and whereas both Houses of Congress have, by their joint committee, requested me “to recommend to the people of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer, to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many and signal favors of Almighty God, especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness.
Now, therefore, I do recommend and assign Thursday, the 26th day of November next, to be devoted by the people of these States to the service of that great and glorious Being who is the beneficent author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be; that we may then all unite in rendering unto Him our sincere and humble thanks for His kind care and protection of the people of this country.”
- President George Washington, October 1789
“It has seemed to me fit and proper that they should be solemnly, reverently, and gratefully acknowledged, as with one heart and voice, by the whole American people. I do therefore invite my fellow-citizens in every part of the United States, and also those who are at sea and those who are sojourning in foreign lands, to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next as a day of thanksgiving and praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the heavens. And I recommend to them that while offering up the ascriptions justly due to Him for such singular deliverances and blessings they do also, with humble penitence for our national perverseness and disobedience, commend to His tender care all those who have become widows, orphans, mourners, or sufferers in the lamentable civil strife in which we are unavoidably engaged, and fervently implore the interposition of the Almighty hand to heal the wounds of the nation and to restore it, as soon as may be consistent with the divine purposes, to the full enjoyment of peace, harmony, tranquility, and union.”
- President Abraham Lincoln, October 1863
This year, while you spend time with family and friends, remember to set aside time to give thanks and praise to God, as He is always due. The holiday is rooted in the history of America, and not Catholic tradition, but there is never a bad time to offer thanks to God.
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Advent will be here before you know it! Don’t let it sneak up on you: buy your Advent candles and wreaths now so they’re sure to be at your home in time for the beginning of Advent!
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Look at all our Advent and Christmas supplies here, where we have books, ornaments, Christmas cards, CDs and DVDs, and more.
Our DVD recommendation this week is perfect for the whole family to sit down and watch together after your Thanksgiving meal:
The Bells of St. Mary’s
In this beloved classic starring Bing Crosby and Ingrid Bergman, Crosby plays a priest newly assigned to St. Mary’s, which, with the help of its principal (Bergman), is fighting to stay open. This heartwarming comedy will be sure to entertain everyone in your family.
It is the duty of citizens to contribute along with the civil authorities to the good of society in a spirit of truth, justice, solidarity, and freedom. The love and service of one’s country follow from the duty of gratitude and belong to the order of charity.
Submission to legitimate authorities and service of the common good require citizens to fulfill their roles in the life of the political community.
Submission to authority and co-responsibility for the common good make it morally obligatory to pay taxes, to exercise the right to vote, and to defend one’s country:
Pay to all of them their dues, taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due.
[Christians] reside in their own nations, but as resident aliens. They participate in all things as citizens and endure all things as foreigners. . . They obey the established laws and their way of life surpasses the laws… So noble is the position to which God has assigned them that they are not allowed to desert it.
The Apostle exhorts us to offer prayers and thanksgiving for kings and all who exercise authority, “that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life, godly and respectful in every way.”
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Let Us Pray
A Prayer of Thanksgiving
O God, of Whose mercies there is no number,
and of Whose goodness the treasure is infinite;
we render thanks to Your most gracious majesty
for the gifts You have bestowed upon us,
evermore beseeching Your clemency,
that as You grant the petitions of them that ask You,
You will never forsake them,
but will prepare for the reward to come.
Through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
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