From The "Papal Head Scratcher" Department

In his homily today, the Holy Father elaborated on the Old Testament reading, where Moses is petitioning God to spare the Israelites.  He makes the point that during his prayer, it was Moses who was changed for he was able to perceive more clearly the extent of God's mercy on His sinful people.  The Holy Father reminded us not to be mindless about our prayer but honest before God.

Where he lost me (and maybe a proper train of thought) is when he told the Mass attendees, "And also scold the Lord a little: ‘Hey, you promised me this, and you haven’t done it …’ Like that, like you talk with a friend.”  Scold the Lord?  No, I think not!  He is the Potter, we are the clay.  He is God Almighty, we His humble creatures.  To be honest, there is way too much flippancy with too many people as they speak of and to God.  Remember the saying "familiarity breeds contempt"?  Well, it's quite applicable.  We love the Lord and trust His care for us.  But we also revere Him as Lord and Sovereign of all creation.  It is NOT adorable, it is NOT cute to even dream of scolding the Lord and Creator of all.  Again, if this is a lousy translation, I'd love to see the original.  Otherwise I again urge His Holiness to cease these "off-the-cuff" remarks.  There's nothing at all wrong with preparing one's homily beforehand and carefully scrubbing it to ensure that any opportunities for misconstruing it are minimized as much as possible.

Praying And Fighting For The Church

Fellow faithful Catholics, please listen closely to today's Vortex.  Pay close attention to what Voris says starting at the 4:59 mark.  We must fight for the truth and "we cannot give a hoot about who's offended".

Now buckle your seat belts, boys and girls, have smelling salts at the ready and take deep breaths for I'll now say some things that could be considered controversial.  It's no secret that some things that have issued forth from the Vatican have been, well, baffling, to say the least.  Are we willing to say so - respectfully yet without equivocation?  Closer to home, when we hear left-wing nonsense being promulgated from the pulpit instead of a real homily, are we willing to take issue with the priest afterwards?  And by the way - this should be done publicly, not privately.  That's right!  Matthew 18:15-17 deals with private matters, not public offenses.  Public offenses demand public responses.

We must pray to Our Lord to be made saints.  It is absolutely necessary, but never is it sufficient.  Often the being is found in the doing.  Ora et labora!

At The Spring Street Planned Parenthood On Feb 26th...

Please Join Us!
Saturday, February 26th
Planned Parenthood
1400 Spring Street
Silver Spring, MD 20910
12 p.m. to 1 p.m.

…for an hour of quiet prayer and peaceful presence.

We need your help! We want to increase a peaceful, prayerful presence in front of this Planned Parenthood location and are holding an hour of prayer in order to determine next steps.

Please come pray with us. Afterwards, we will convene to a local establishment to discuss ideas on how we can effectively increase a peaceful, loving presence in front of this very busy clinic. Contact Molly at 40DaysSilverSpring@gmail.com.