Easter Song - Oldie But Goodie

Well, it's not that old, only 15 years.  But that means these little guys are now young men.  Still, I hope this warms your heart; nothing like children singing.

Easter Music

We are still in the early part of Easter season.  Enjoy!

What Has Gotten Into The Drinking Water At Aleteia?

Pewsitter published today two rather dopey articles from them, straight out of "church of nice".  Both of them purport to give "meaningful" (be careful of that word "meaningful" for it is full of subjective gobblygoop) ways of preparing for Easter.  One author shares how his family prepares by turning off electrical conveniences and using only candlelight.  The other talks about "being present".   None of these concepts are bad in and of themselves - but they have nothing to do with the essential truths of Easter.

Laced throughout these two pieces is a theme of "what can we get from Easter".  In fact the second author writes, "I want to taste and touch and feel every moment of this Holy Triduum, this pause in our year, this gift that allows us to celebrate the fact that we have been saved."  Taste? Touch? Feel?  Seems rather sensual, wouldn't you say?  It certainly betrays a focus on subjective experience.  Except for the word "saved" there is no hint whatsoever regarding eternal salvation.

I've no need to tell regular readers what happened.  Christ laid down His life for us to ransom us from the power of sin.  His Precious Blood was shed for our redemption.  He rose from the dead; Scripture says that was a type of "first fruits" of salvation.  Three Sacraments were instituted: Holy Eucharist, Holy Orders, Penance.  I'm sure I'm missing other important aspects, but "feeling every moment" and other "smell the flowers" stuff is not on that list.

Let's look at what's not mentioned in these two articles as ways of preparation for Easter - ways that have been promoted by the Church for hundreds of years.

1. Confession.  In the comment section of the second article, one reader does mention it.  It seems he/she wants to remind the author of that.
2. Prayer. For the first author, I wonder if family prayer was more emphasized.
3. Fasting.  There are 40 days during which that should be done, not just the last week.
4. Almsgiving.  How about prayer in front of an abortion mill?

On the surface, what these authors wrote might seem somewhat harmless.  However, if the most one can say about a given object is that "it's harmless", then I'd tend to wonder about any benefit from the same.  I don't think it's harmless at all.  To imply that such "fluffy-puff stuff" ideas are in any way on a par with authentic preparation for or significance of Easter poses serious dangers of obscuring the truth of our salvation.  Yes, we are talking about eternal salvation versus eternal damnation: truths that transcend "nice experiences".

I'd be willing to bet that similar examples of sentimentality exist.  While they may seem rather innocuous, I'd hope that no one would assume that the things suggested therein are in any manner on a par with the Catholic understanding of Lent and Easter.

Envirowhacko "Easter"

An outfit called "Earth Day Network" has sent to many (if not most) Catholic pastors the not-so-brilliant idea of devoting their Easter homilies to Earth Day!  Apparently it wasn't enough for them to try to bastardize Lent.  Now they're after the holiest day of the year for Catholics.  As you watch the Vortex clip below, notice the left-wing puppets who comprise their "Advisory Committee".  Well, here's some of advice from me, whether you like it or not. 

To these envirowhackos:  Please screw your lightbulbs back in.  You've been groping in the dark way too long.

To faithful Catholics whose pastors may be prone to follow such nonsense: Take a small digital recorder with you; make sure you can upload recordings to your computer via usb port and software.  Record the homily and expose this foolishness.

Here's a link to the memo.  Now understand that this is indeed earth worship.  Many of these people are becoming quite open about their earth worship - and their disdain for humanity.   Just today, the First Things blog picked up on a radical environmentalist who calls humans "a cancer on this earth".  Those of us in Silver Spring will recall James Lee, the envirowhacko who held hostages at the Discovery Channel Building last September.  Read that link and recall that his environmentalism views were very much held by their so-called "intelligentsia".

Boys and girls, can we say "pagan idolotry"?  Click here if you cannot see embedded video.

"Up from the Grave" by Some Budding Stars!

Here they are!  (Click here if you can't see embedded videos)



This was too cute to pass up!

This Easter Mass - Take Wisdom on Windshields with You!

As you know, Easter and Christmas are the only two times a year that many Catholics attend Mass.  A goodly percentage of them are woefully ignorant of Church teaching in many, many areas.  These areas may well include matters such as restoring God's order to public life and the primacy of life issues when making electoral/political decisions.  Some of this confusion may be manifest by bumper strips on cars that indicate support of pro-abortion politicians.  What can you do about that?  More than what you may have thought until now.

We developed a tool last year called - Wisdom on Windshields . If you see such a car as described above, you can just deposit one of these on the car's windshield.  That way, you don't have to worry about looking for the owner or being late for Mass yourself.  You can download it here and have it handy on your own computer. Print it out and always carry a supply with you to Church, as you'll never know when an opportunity will arise to educate an ignorant fellow Catholic.  In doing so, you will have performed several of the Spiritual Works of Mercy.