If one were to survey the wisest and most learned people in the land on what Tuesday's elections are about, one could not find a better summation than the one Dennis Prager offered at this University of Denver forum.
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Carmelite Monks of Wyoming - "Sanctum et Immaculata"
Gregorian chant from one of our advertisers, the Carmelite Monks of Wyoming, whose Mystic Monk Coffee is almost as sublime as their sacred music.
Saturday, October 30, 2010
From the Pastor - "The Feast of All Saints"
A Weekly Column by Father George Rutler
The greatest saints could have been the worst people who ever lived if they had misused their native gifts. St. Augustine’s intellect could have created a convincingly false religion. St. Louis IX could have used his rank to ruin his kingdom. St. John of Capistrano could have invoked his charismatic charm to persuade the Christian soldiers to surrender Western civilization, and St. Ignatius Loyola could have used his organizational skills to destroy the Faith in foreign lands.
By the same logic, the worst villains in history could have become saints if they had used their political power, rhetorical talents, and energy to spread the Gospel. Herod the Great might have become a Christmas hero; the faithful might now be lighting candles at the tomb of Lenin as at a reliquary, and churches might have been dedicated to saints named Mao Tse-tung and Pol Pot and Adolf Hitler if . . . On that “if” hangs all human destiny. “If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will enter his house and dine with him, and he with me” (Rev. 3: 20).
The Feast of All Saints celebrates those who opened their doors to Christ. On All Souls Day the Church prays for those who have offered their free wills freely to the Lord and who now prepare, with the help of our suffrages, to enter into his glory. St. Paul said that God "alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or can see” (1 Tim. 6:16). The same saint, who was blinded by the perceptible light of God in Christ on the Damascus road, later assured his friend Timothy: “I have competed well; I have finished the race; I have kept the faith. From now on the crown of righteousness awaits me, which the Lord, the just judge, will award to me on that day, and not only to me, but to all who have longed for his appearance” (2 Tim. 4: 6-8). Last summer I ran a few miles in the Wall Street Race and at the finish line I received a T-shirt. I was not ungrateful for it, but Our Lord did not do all he did for us, showing us the face of God both battered and radiant, crucified and risen, just to give us a T-shirt.
The crown of righteousness is offered to all those who take off their masks, for we cannot see God if we are disguised by pride. A culture of death does not make the transition from All Hallows Eve to All Hallows Day. St. John never disguised his love for his Master, and he assures our confused world: “Beloved, we are God’s children now; what we shall be has not been revealed. We do know that when it is revealed we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is” (1 John 3:2).
Fr. George W. Rutler is the pastor of the Church of our Saviour in New York City. His latest book, Coincidentally: Unserious Reflections on Trivial Connections, is available from Crossroads Publishing.
The greatest saints could have been the worst people who ever lived if they had misused their native gifts. St. Augustine’s intellect could have created a convincingly false religion. St. Louis IX could have used his rank to ruin his kingdom. St. John of Capistrano could have invoked his charismatic charm to persuade the Christian soldiers to surrender Western civilization, and St. Ignatius Loyola could have used his organizational skills to destroy the Faith in foreign lands.By the same logic, the worst villains in history could have become saints if they had used their political power, rhetorical talents, and energy to spread the Gospel. Herod the Great might have become a Christmas hero; the faithful might now be lighting candles at the tomb of Lenin as at a reliquary, and churches might have been dedicated to saints named Mao Tse-tung and Pol Pot and Adolf Hitler if . . . On that “if” hangs all human destiny. “If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will enter his house and dine with him, and he with me” (Rev. 3: 20).
The Feast of All Saints celebrates those who opened their doors to Christ. On All Souls Day the Church prays for those who have offered their free wills freely to the Lord and who now prepare, with the help of our suffrages, to enter into his glory. St. Paul said that God "alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or can see” (1 Tim. 6:16). The same saint, who was blinded by the perceptible light of God in Christ on the Damascus road, later assured his friend Timothy: “I have competed well; I have finished the race; I have kept the faith. From now on the crown of righteousness awaits me, which the Lord, the just judge, will award to me on that day, and not only to me, but to all who have longed for his appearance” (2 Tim. 4: 6-8). Last summer I ran a few miles in the Wall Street Race and at the finish line I received a T-shirt. I was not ungrateful for it, but Our Lord did not do all he did for us, showing us the face of God both battered and radiant, crucified and risen, just to give us a T-shirt.
The crown of righteousness is offered to all those who take off their masks, for we cannot see God if we are disguised by pride. A culture of death does not make the transition from All Hallows Eve to All Hallows Day. St. John never disguised his love for his Master, and he assures our confused world: “Beloved, we are God’s children now; what we shall be has not been revealed. We do know that when it is revealed we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is” (1 John 3:2).
MYSTERY: Why Are So Many Political Operatives Moving to South Carolina After November 3rd?
From Hillbuzz Here’s something strange: political operatives have suddenly gained massive renewed interest in the 2008 South Carolina Democrat primary.
We’re starting to coordinate the anti-Rahm Emanuel campaign here in Chicago starting November 3rd…that is where we thought all eyes in Chicago would be on Wednesday of next week.
We’re also going to be working on a campaign against the Cocktail Party GOP establishment…to stop their plan to attack Governor Palin. The 2012 GOP nomination fight essentially begins Wednesday too. We are all-in for Palin.
But we’ve been talking to everyone political we know here in the Midwest to see what they are going to do after November 2nd…and a lot of people are planning on focusing on SOUTH CAROLINA.
“Big things are going to be happening there…things that will take this White House down”.
We have a suspicion of what’s up.
It has something to do with things Obama did in the leadup to the 2008 Democrat primary in South Carolina.
It is the big mystery on the radar.
It’s going to be very busy here for the next several days, but start helping us fill in articles written about the South Carolina Democrat Primary in 2008 and how Obama made up a 20-point deficit to Hillary Clinton to end up winning that contest on Super Tuesday.
SOMETHING overlooked at the time keeps Obama up at night today.
This connects to what Ulstermann and his Democrat insider were saying about something bigger than Watergate that could bring Obama down.
Stay tuned.
Start digging through old South Carolina reporting.
Let’s team up to bring down the worst president in history and burn the Democrat Party to the ground.
Daniel Hannan on America vs. Europe
Daniel Hannan, a British member of the European Parliament and journalist, has written an important and thoughtful book on the United States, The New Road to Serfdom.
Hannan first became known to many Americans for his speech on the floor of the European Parliament where he said to then Prime Minister Gordon Brown "You cannot spend your way out of a recession." Daniel discusses why a Tea Party movement can occur in America and not in Europe, and why the European social-welfare model, toward which Obama and other socialists are moving America, is diseased and unsustainable.
Hannan first became known to many Americans for his speech on the floor of the European Parliament where he said to then Prime Minister Gordon Brown "You cannot spend your way out of a recession." Daniel discusses why a Tea Party movement can occur in America and not in Europe, and why the European social-welfare model, toward which Obama and other socialists are moving America, is diseased and unsustainable.
Friday, October 29, 2010
Rangel Plan Gives Obama Domestic 'Civilian Security Force'
From WorldNetDaily
By Bob Unruh
When Barack Obama was campaigning for president in 2008, he visited Colorado Springs and WND broke the the story that he wanted a "Civilian National Security Force" as big and as well-funded as the $650 billion-plus U.S. military.
Now Charlie Rangel is proposing that he have it.
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When Barack Obama was campaigning for president in 2008, he visited Colorado Springs and WND broke the the story that he wanted a "Civilian National Security Force" as big and as well-funded as the $650 billion-plus U.S. military.
Now Charlie Rangel is proposing that he have it.
Read the rest of this entry >>
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