Here's Why Obama Won the Nobel Peace Prize

Yep! Here's his great foreign policy and diplomacy, with stellar results, for all the world to see! He emboldens enemies of civilization, and the loony left calls it diplomacy. However, inasmuch as he promotes baby-killing, dare we say that the Messiah Most Miserable is himself no friend of true civilization?

"Nobel Peace Prize" Now Ignoble Sleaze Prize

The once-respected Nobel Peace Prize has been rendered an abysmal joke by its 2009 recipient -Barak HUSSEIN Obama, the Messiah Most Miserable. As I read the Comcast piece, I see that the reason given for the prize is that "the judges found his promise of disarmament and diplomacy too good to ignore." The italics are mine, and I put them there to illustrate that all he did, and continues to do, is talk a pretty talk. The walk, however, leaves much to be desired.

His international tour-flops have been largely spectacles of him apologizing for his own country, the country that has saved European hides for the better part of the 20th century. His diplomacy has largely been one of grovelling at the feet of various and sundry deranged tyrants and insulting long-standing allies.

Of course, his dometic performance has been a good bit worse. He is foisted upon this nation a stimulus package that is sending this economy into a debt-filled toilet. He and his lackeys are trying to cram down our throats a draconian death-care bill that will further ensconse abortion and euthanasia into the cultural landscape.

Speaking of abortion, wasn't it another Nobel Peace Prize winner, namely, Mother Teresa of Calcutta, who stated quite correctly and succintly, that "abortion is the greatest destroyer of peace", and that "the fruit of abortion will be nuclear war"? But that was back when the Nobel Peace Prize truly was distinguished and honorable.

Pro-Lifers' Speech to Be Gagged?? Take Action Now!!

The City of Chicago City Council just passed an ordinance to limit the ability of pro-lifers to witness at abortuaries and to abortion-bound women in Chicago. It establishes a 50-foot buffer around abortion mills and 8-foot buffers around any abortuary-bound woman. Fines for violating these buffers are up to $500.00.

This is clearly aimed at the 40 Days for Life effort that has saved over 150 babies this cycle. However, its potential nationwide ramifications are painfully obvious. It is so blatantly draconian that even the ACLU has voiced opposition to the First Amendment attack that is at the heart of this ordinance. Mayor Daley can still veto this bill. Our colleagues at Les Femmes have more details and contact information. Your action is needed now!

Catholic Standard Report on Red Mass - Useless At Best

Today's edition arrived, with a picture of Archbishop Wuerl and Chief Justice Roberts taking the bulk of the front page. The article was a disappointment, but that disappointment is no surprise at all. Of course there is a picture of Justice Sonia Sotomayor schmoozing it up with the clergy - the same clergy that had ignored the plight of a faithful Catholic being denied her canonical right to attend Mass. It was quite nauseating to read that Sotomayor received a standing ovation at the brunch after the Mass.

I cannot say that the pro-life presence outside was completely ignored. The article took a good page and half. So how much of that space did our efforts merit in the editorial eyes? Two sentences! Count them! Two entire sentences!

Now one might think that it would be somewhat difficult to distort our message in only two sentences, but the Standard managed to accomplish that stellar feat. According to the Standard, we used pictures of "aborted fetuses". Do you notice the acquesence to pro-abortion language here? The word "fetus", although it means "little one" in Latin, has been used by pro-abortionists to de-humanize the tiny unborn child. Mark Zimmerman wrote this article. As an editor, he really should know better that he must be precise with language. Mr. Zimmerman, what we showed was pictures of murdered babies - plain and simple!

He also misrepresented the message that we were conveying. What he omitted was that we were exhorting the clergy to fulfill their obligations under Canon 915, in addition to urging pro-abortion politicians not to go to Communion. In omitting our exhortation to the clergy, Mr. Zimmerman tacitly (hopefully inadvertently) implies that Canon 915 binds on the laity. Not so. Canon 915 binds upon the minister of Holy Communion.

Now just take a guess as to how much space was devoted to the abysmal treatment that Ms. McKee suffered at the hands of Cathedral personnel. Not one word did Mr. Zimmerman write about the sorry behavior of the Cathedral! I might add that the clergy's behavior during that episode was less than exemplary. Ms McKee is known to Bishop Gonzales. In the video, she can be heard pleading to him by name for assistance. If my camcorder's microphone picked it up while she was facing away from it, surely the bishops heard her calling as she was facing them. How can this be ignored?

Perhaps you too are disgusted with this sorry excuse for reporting. Perhaps you'd like to make your disappointment known. As most of us know, the Standard ceased publishing "letters to the editor" around the time that Cardinal McCarrick made clear that he would disregard Canon 915 (but of course, that's just a coincidence - right?). Therefore, I remind you that you can comment on this posting, and other postings. The conditions to the right do apply. As soon as I review for these conditions, I'll release them for viewing.

Arrest at St Matthew's - Mainstream Media Blackout?

As you review the video that I posted a few days ago, you might notice the media and press stands around which I had to walk in the first part of that clip. There was indeed a lot of press, with fancy equipment, and they were also recording the incident.

However, when I google "arrest at St Matthews's" and other related terms, I come up with only this post, the Christian Newswire post, and other blog entries from colleagues with the Catholic Media Coalition. There is nothing whatsoever from the so-called "mainstream media". Nada-zippo! Oh, I think in one article, there was a one-liner about "anti-abortion demonstrators", but nothing about what happened to Ms. McKee. No wonder Obama and his ilk (including VP Biden, one of the attendees at the Red Mass) so desperately want to shut us up with that "Fairness Doctrine" crap. We need to watch this like hawks.

Now here's the QUESTION OF THE HOUR! We can be certain that the Catholic Standard was there. Will they mention the travesty that occurred at the Red Mass? Don't hold your breath! We'll keep you posted.

Open Letter to Cathedral of St Matthew and the Archdiocese of Washington

Rev Msgr W. Ronald Jameson
Cathedral of St Matthew the Apostle
1725 Rhode Island Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036

Dear Msgr Jameson,

The prophet Jeremiah states, in chapter 34:1-10, “Woe to the shepherds of Israel who only take care of themselves! Should not the shepherds take care of the flock?” Msgr, this is the kind of “shepherding” that was on display at the Red Mass on Sunday, October 4th. You and all the ordained clergy have a solemn responsibility, as those who stand as “alter Christi”, to preach the Gospel of repentance and to bestow the Sacraments upon the people in your care, in accordance with the will of God as manifest in the teaching Magisterium of the Roman Catholic Church. That did not happen at the Red Mass.

By now you are aware of the shameful treatment meted out to a regular Mass attendee, Ms. Joan McKee, simply because she was wearing a pro-life shirt, as is her custom when she attends Mass at the Cathedral. We’ve gone into detail about that episode in the blog http://restore-dc-catholicism.blogspot.com/2009/10/double-shame-on-washington-archdiocese.html. Please read it, and please pay close attention to the video of the unconscionable treatment that Ms. McKee suffered simply because she wanted to attend Mass. It’s obvious that she did not receive the shepherding that she deserved as a member of your flock.

What may not be so obvious is the neglect that other sheep of the fold suffered at the hands of the clergy at the Red Mass. we speak of all the dignitaries who espouse the pro-abortion position. At that Mass, they received all sorts of adulation, compliments, etc. However, what their immortal souls really needed was to hear the unabashed truth and even rebukes, so that they would be moved to repentance and salvation. Anyone who supports baby-killing is in grave danger of hell. Were they told that? Only those outside, on the other side of the police tape, seemed to have the courage to tell them that. Monsignor, the pro-abortion dignitaries needed to hear from you the medicinal rebukes and exhortations to conversion and the Sacrament of Confession. Instead, what they received was the putrid poison of flattery.

Not only were they lulled into deadly complacence, but they even committed yet another mortal sin, that of receiving Holy Communion in a sacrilegious manner. You know full well that’s what happens when one receives Holy Communion unworthily. That is why we were crying out on the bullhorns. We were not hollering condemnation. Quite the contrary – we were trying to prevent yet another cause for condemnation.

Because the bishops and clergy at that Mass were complicit with such sacrilege, you all share the guilt of those mortal sins. We shudder to think that some of you might actually have handed the Eucharist to one of them. It takes no moral theologian to realize that this constitutes material and formal cooperation with mortal sin.

It also takes no great amount of genius to realize why false accolades are heaped upon these individuals who promote baby-killing. They do wield much political and cultural influence and many of them are wealthy (in the worldly sense). Churchmen have often succumbed to the temptation to curry the favor of the wealthy and powerful for mere temporal gain – to the spiritual detriment of all concerned. However, when you do so (as was done at the Red Mass), you betray your own sacerdotal commission. At the Red Mass, every Catholic, be it Ms. McKee or any of the pro-abortion attendees, was thrown to the wolves to obtain some (perceived) worldly advantage for the clergy. Shame!

At the very least, simple decency demands that Ms. McKee be held harmless for her attempt to attend Mass. Any charges filed against her should be immediately dropped. She in fact deserves profuse apologies from St. Matthew’s and the entire archdiocese.

Canon 915 binds upon all clergy. Adherence to that canon by the clergy is not an option; it is a most solemn obligation. Archbishop Raymond Burke made that quite clear several months ago. When all the clergy starts taking that seriously, perhaps more Catholics will take their faith and morals seriously. Only then can the prayers uttered at the Red Mass have any hope of being answered.

By way of copy to the Archbishop of Washington, we address these words to him and to the entire archdiocese as well. Please be advised that this letter is posted on the blog cited in the footer of this letter. Any reply, or lack thereof, will likewise be posted.

You are in our prayers and we ask the same of you. Thank you.

More on Yesterday's Red Mass Debacle

A press release was published on Christian Newswire today. Joan McKee is the woman who was barred from the Mass because she was wearing a pro-life shirt. No doubt the clergy were afraid she might make the pro-aborts in attendance uncomfortable - and we can't have any of that going on now, can we??? Ms. McKee is willing to be interviewed; please call the number given in the press release.

Below the press release are two links. The bottom link refers to an account written by "Janet Smith". It links to this blog, to the below entry. There is a "typo" in that statement; my name is Baker, not Smith. I just wanted to clarify that. Thank you.

Double-Shame on the Washington Archdiocese and St. Matthew's Cathedral!

Today the annual Red Mass was held at 10am at the Cathedral of St. Matthew. It is held to commemorate the start of a new session of the US Supreme Court. Many priests and bishops concelebrate this Mass. As one might imagine, all sorts of dignitaries, mostly of a political bent, attend this Mass. Unfortunately many of these politicians, while Catholic, are also rabidly pro-abortion.

At 9am, approximately 20 pro-life activists gathered outside with posters showing the truth of abortion for three purposes. They were:

1. To educate the attendees of the reality of abortion
2. To urge pro-abortion attendees to repent of their sin of promoting abortion
3. To remind the clergy of their obligation under Canon Law 915 not to admit to Holy Communion those pro-abortion supporters who refused to repent of their sin

Most of the activists were constrained to remain across the street from the Cathedral. I was able to unobtrusively remain on the north side of the street to distribute flyers. All the Mass attendees were constrained to pass through metal detectors. While on one hand that was a strange infringement upon them, it did serve to make them wait outside. Even if they chose not to look at the posters across the street, they had no choice but to hear the pro-life exhortations of those of us who had bullhorns.
One of us, though, attempted to go in. She did so simply because she had to fulfill her own Sunday obligation. She simply wanted to attend Mass. Now as we know, all Catholics have the right to attend Mass provided they are properly disposed. Canon law 843 states this quite plainly.
She was wearing a pro-life tee shirt. At the metal detector booth, she was told - by Cathedral personnel! - that she couldn't wear it at that Mass. She regularly attends that Mass, and has regularly worn that shirt on other days. Can you just imagine being told that you cannot go into Mass while wearing a pro-life shirt? Moreover, at that same Mass are myriads of pro-abortion honchos. Were the Cathedral personnel afraid that the pro-abortion attendees might be offended by one pro-life shirt?
She asked to speak with a priest about the matter and waited for a half-hour for a priest that never arrived. She then left the line, went to a hotel to remove the shirt and got back in line. Everyone in front of her was admitted into the Cathedral. Just by coincidence (ahem!) they shut off admission right in front of her. Needless to say, she was rightfully indignant about being denied entrance to Mass. This video depicts the absolutely disgraceful way this woman was treated. As the video begins, you will notice the pro-lifers on their bullhorns calling out to the clergy who are lined up outside, waiting to process into the Cathedral.



The video ends just before she was taken to a police station. A few hours later, she was released (and yes, she was able to attend Mass!). This faithful Catholic was treated like dirt while inside the Cathedral, Our Lord was likewise treated as His Body and Blood were distributed to those engaged in mortal sin.

Shame upon the Cathedral of St. Matthew! Shame upon the Archdiocese of Washington! In fact, double shame upon them both! They allowed the sin of sacreligious Holy Communion to be committed, and they attempted to keep a good Catholic woman from going to Mass.

Please contact both these entities. Ask that any charges against this lady be dropped, as they are ridiculous farces. In fact, ask that they apologize to her for violating her canonical rights as a Catholic in good standing.

Cathedral of St Matthew
Msgr W Ronald Jameson
1725 Rhode Island Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Phone 202-347-3215
(by the way - they seem to have an "Always Our Children" group!)

Archdiocese of Washington
Archbishop Donald Wuerl
PO Box 29260
Washington, DC 20017-0260
Phone 301-853-4500

If you write, please send letters via "certified mail, return receipt requested". Else, the letters will be lost! I'll post updates

Help! I live in Montgomery County Liberal Loony-Bin!

I live in a county that teaches children how to put condoms on vegetables, but not what an unborn child looks like. We're taxed to oblivion while at the same time building $65k restrooms for the county executive. Yet we keep electing into office such charlatans, and I wonder at times how we can do so. I wonder at times how that can be.

Sadly, I am reminded how that can be. We elect such incompetents because many of the voters are clearly out of touch with reality. I beheld evidence of such spacy-brained mentality when I viewed some bumper strips on a car that I'll now share below.

According to this first lovely gem, I can blow my nose into a tissue, but I'd better be careful about tossing that tissue into a trash can, because that tissue might be a long-lost family menber. After all, it does say that "with all things we shall be as relatives," does it not? For that matter, does blowing my nose into that tissue constitute "tissue-abuse"? I'd better be careful what I say, because some sort of person (such as the owner of the vehicle) might take me seriously!

Moving along the bumper of that vehicle, we see the one below.

Most likely, you are reading this on a a computer that belongs to you. The computer is yours because you paid for it (or it was given to you by someone who in turn paid for it). Soooo... how much did the earth pay for you? Nada-zippo. To whom does the earth belong? It, and every human being, belongs to God. That's why it is a sin of the most grievous magnitude to murder another person - such as in the abortion of tiny babies. I could be wrong, but I suspect this car owner, and far too many folks, don't believe in God. They have no foundation in any truth whatsoever. There is a saying. "They who believe in nothing will fall for anything." Don't we see so much evidence of that? We see two pieces of that evidence on this blog right now.

Canadian Bishop Dabbling in Child Porn?

Bishop Raymond J Lahey of Antigonish, Nova Scotia has been charged by Ottawa police investigators with Possession and Importation of Child Pornography. When he was trying to re-enter Canada at the Ottawa Internationa Airport, officials of the Canadian Border Service Agency found suspicious graphics on his laptop. He has since submitted his resignation to Pope Benedict XVI, who subsequently accepted the resignation.

In the (likely) event that these charges are valid, Bishop Lahey has acted as the "hired hand who preys on the sheep" as opposed to the true shepherd, in the most gross violation of his episcopal ordination. I suspect this case is not as rare as I and many other might wish it to be. As we read books such as "Goodbye, Good Men" by Michael Rose and "Amchurch Comes Out" by Paul Likoudis, we get a glimpse as to how pervasive is sexual aberration within the Roman Catholic clergy.

The fall 2009 meeting of the US bishops will occur in Baltimore from November 16th through the 19th. I suspect this will be a hot "off-the-record" topic of discussion around many dinner tables and in small groups. I hope they take some warning.

Let us pray now for:

1. Bishop Lahey, that (if indeed guilty) he repent for these objectively mortal sins against his vows of celebacy
2. all clergy and religious whose spiritual eyes are similarly blinded
3. that the bishops, as a whole, will finally find a backbone to deal properly with these problems in their midst and stop being afraid to police their own
4. for the children who were victimized when the images on Bishop Lahey's computer were created, and for all such children who need bishops to protect them, not prey upon them
5. in thanksgiving for the Canadian Border Security Agency and their diligence (perhaps they'd like to work for our agencies on the Mexican borders?)