DEACON FOR LIFE

Were there to be no support in the whole history of ethical and moral thought, were there no acknowledged confirmation from medical science, were the history of legal opinion to the contrary, we would still have to conclude on the basis of God's Holy Word that the unborn child is a person in the sight of God. He is protected by the sanctity of life graciously given to each individual by the Creator, Who alone places His image upon man and grants them any right to life which they have.

Friday, November 9, 2012

Difficult Days Ahead for the Church?

Tribulation Times

NOTEWORTHY: YEAR OF FAITH

November 9, 2012
THE TRIB TIMES WILL RETURN IN TWO WEEKS, GOD WILLING (James 4:15).
(Php 2:12-15) Wherefore, my dearly beloved, (as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only but much more now in my absence) with fear and trembling work out your salvation. For it is God who worketh in you, both to will and to accomplish, according to his good will. And do ye all things without murmurings and hesitations: That you may be blameless and sincere children of God, without reproof, in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation: among whom you shine as lights in the world.
ARCHBISHOP CHAPUT: ‘The only thing that matters is to be a saint’
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MSGR. CHARLES POPE: Difficult Days Ahead for the Church?
EDITORIAL: America Has Sown the Seeds Of Its Own Demise
FROM THE MAILBAG
VIA Chastisement Group: The End Times Pt. #1
There's been a lot of anti-Obama rhetoric posted in this forum thru the current election cycle, with almost all of which I happen to fervently believe. But I hope that I've made it clear that I never believed there was the slightest chance of defeating him. My reasons are simple.
The very reasons for which we believe that it was imperative to defeat Obama-- liberalized abortion, socialized medicine, the use of the latter to attact religious freedoms, & so forth-- are actively embraced by over 50% of the country. In other words over half of the voters of the US worship Obama for the very reasons that we despise him. I hope that this election has made that much, at least, clear to all of us.
...but there's something else that needs to become clear, & that's that it's gonna get worse. Lots worse.
The NorthEast down thru NY has always been reliably liberal. Not merely Democrat country-- but actively liberal. This cycle PA & VA both went in that direction too.
The Old NorthWest Territory (MI, OH, IN, IL, & WI) has usually been reliably liberal. This cycle Obama lost IN, but he picked up MN & IA.
...& the 3 West Coast States have always been reliably liberal. This cycle Obama also picked up NV, which has often been conservative.
This block of votes-- including NY & CA, the States with the largest (55) & 3d largest blocks (29) of electoral votes-- has often been enough to throw an election to the Democrat candidate. Of the other large States, only TX, with the 2d largest block of electoral votes (38), has been reliably conservative. FL, tied for 3d place (29) has been a swing State.
...so it's fair to say that TX-- the only large State that's been reliably conservative-- has for many years represented the only Republican chance of gaining the White House. But as immigration-- both legal & illegal-- changes the demographic balance of TX, TX is inevitably growing less conservative & more liberal. Within another 5 to 10 years or so, as the "anchor babies" of illegal immigrants grow to adulthood & begin to vote, this will tip the scales powerfully in favor of liberal Democrat candidates.
In other words, my friends, we may have already seen the last successful conservative Republican president. In the future, sociopolitical realities will force Republican candidates to cater to the liberal vote, & the two political parties will become even more indistinguishable than they are now.
It's possible that in 2016 a reaction against Obama will form that propels a Republican-- probably a moderate Republican-- into national office. Being probably a moderate, he'll be useless to us. By 2020, however, demographic changes in TX will make it very difficult for that President to retain his office. By 2024 it will be impossible. This will also affect the balance of power in Congress, where Democrat majorities are likely in both houses.
The advent of an assured Democrat electoral majority will propel this country very forcibly in a liberal direction.
It is a difficult thing for all of us to realize, who love our country-- many of whom have offered up our very lives in its defense-- but this is no longer the country in which we were born, that we grew up in. Satan is very active in the world today. He has undermined the US electorate, as he has largely undermined the Catholic Church, and our public officials-- like the Catholic hierarchy-- have become his puppets, doing his will. That is what I meant earlier when I wrote that God had no horse in this race. (EDITOR'S NOTE: THOUGH PERHAPS TRUE IN THE LAST GENERATION OF CATHOLIC HIERARCHY, THERE ARE IN THESE TIMES EMERGING SHINING EXAMPLES OF CATHOLIC TRUTH IN LEADERSHIP, e.g. ARCHBISHOP CHAPUT).
The United States is no longer God's country. It is Satan's country. Wailing about it, asking how in the world this came to pass, or closing our eyes & refusing to see it are not very good responses to the situation. What we need to do is first recognize it. Understand what has happened, & that it's pretty much irreversible, & take the necessary next step.
If you want to reverse it, then prayer may make you feel better, but it won't work. It won't work because what's happening is an aspect of God's permissive Will. It's part of a punishment that He decided on long ago, as the world turned away from Him. All the prayer in the world won't deflect His decision on this matter, because we deserve it.
If you want to reverse it, then armed rebellion is our only logical course of action. Giving a monopoly of force to the powers of evil only guarantees that they can do whatever they want. Unfortunately armed rebellion isn't likely to work either, because all the people who feel strongly about this are very definitely in the minority, & the armed forces of the United States far outclass anything that we could muster to oppose them.
The reality is, we can't reverse it. All we can do is get out of its way, because what's coming is gonna crush anything that gets in its way.
I'm gonna follow this message with another to offer my detailed perspective on what's been going on from a religious, prophetic point of view to bring us to this point.
VIA Daily Devotional: THEY NEVER OBEYED
Israel gladly listened to the powerful preaching of the prophet Isaiah yet they continually justified their sins, calling evil good and good evil. So God instructed Isaiah: "Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed" (Isaiah 6:9-10).

God knew the Israelites were not willing to lay down their besetting sins. They loved their fleshly pleasures and ungodly companions too much. So the Lord told Isaiah, "These people are never going to change their hearts and from now on, I will not speak a word to them. Instead, I want you to hurry them into their hardness, Isaiah. That way, perhaps some will listen before it's too late!"

Thoughts and Sayings of Saint Margaret Mary: Love of God

19. Do everything through love and for love, making good use of the present moment, and do not be anxious about the future .

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