I hope that the Cardinals, Bishops, and priests will finally understand that the church is under attack by the Marxist Democrat Party. It has been a fact for the last 100 years and it will be until Christ returns.

“Original sin” is “Original selfishness”, which is presenting itself here through “this is what I want” instead of “this is what the child needs.”
Every child has a mother and a father, and needs and deserves a father and a mother. Is there anything wrong with the desire to give the child both parent genders - a mother and a father? I see nothing wrong with this in, and outside of any religion. In contrary, I see evil closing an eye on the need of a child, and treating him/her as an object to ‘buy’ to satisfy private wants, and in attempt to sooth, or feed own feelings. We do not control our feelings, so we cannot do any permanent ‘dent’ in them by taking a child home. The child will be an instrument only - the same as a ‘partner’ is an instrument to reach desired highest ‘ecstasy’ which cannot be achieved in any way except through completely belonging to God - after death.

My husband and I have only recently come to the full realization of what is REALLY happening in our society. The barbarians are, literally, at the gates. We are in the early stages of the next Dark Ages. We must continue to be strong in prayer, and persevere in defending and sharing the TRUTH that has been revealed to us through the Gospels and the Catholic Church. But, we are also preparing for the need to keep the Faith and civilization alive through a very dark period, by fortifying our own knowledge and understanding of our faith, and gathering as many (unabridged, paper) copies of the great books of apologetics and works of Western Civilization.

Lisa Spear, thanks for the idea of gathering copies of great books.  I may do the same for my grandchildren.

Lisa Spear: You wrote we should all be: “sharing the TRUTH that has been revealed to us through the Gospels and the Catholic Church.”

I agree we need to share TRUTH that is revealed to us through the Gospels & to that, I’d add the New Testament Letters too!  Paul’s Letter to the Romans is of special importance regarding marriage; Romans Chapt. 1 would apply to maintaining traditional marriage between one man and one woman.

But I disagree with you about what has been revealed by the Catholic Church.  All over the world, the Catholic church is no longer respected by society in general.  Formerly Catholic countries, like Spain, are as left-wing as possible, with legalized same sex unions.  Yet almost that whole country, including its leaders, are Catholic.  Like our own Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi, the Kennedy family, etc. in the USA, are “Catholic”.

So I think our priests and bishops, led by Rome, should just focus on what they do best: give good liturgies, and focus on the peripherals and on the pomp and circumstance of “church”, leaving the real work of spreading the Gospel and the New Testament writings of Paul to the Evangelical Christians that believe it, and know how to teach the FULLNESS of the New Testament, in its purest form, not hampered by 2000 years of man-made tradition, that the Catholic church loves so much. 

Ordained men like Fr. Frank Pavone is good in the public square, he can hold his own in terms of sound Christian teachings with the Evangelicals. But ordained men like him are far and in-between, the working word here being “men”; most clergy are just male, they’re not courageous, educated, godly MEN able to teach and preach. If they were, our world would not be in a moral free-fall, and we’d not have to fight as much for God-honoring legislation. We have too many “Catholics” to thank for that.

How about the Colorado “Catholic” hospital that made news, for denying 7 month old babies in utero were “persons”?

Terah, thank you for your thoughtful response to my comments.
About your views on the clergy: I ask that you remember that they are human, and do not magically lose their human flaws when ordained. Pray for them, that they have the courage and strength to be holy and bring the authentic Church to people.
About the hospital in Colorado: I happen to live in Colorado, and so am somewhat informed about this situation. The hospital in question is Adventist (as in Seventh Day Adventist) in Canon City, and the “Catholic” organization named in the law suit is Catholic Health Initiatives. CHI sub-contracts the actual hospital services to Adventist (from medical records clerks through surgeons). CHI similar to the organization that operates St Joe’s in Phoenix; here’s an article about the confrontation between the Archbishop in Phoenix and St Joe’s: http://www.azcentral.com/community/phoenix/articles/20101221phoenix-diocese-strips-st-josephs-hospital-catholic-status.html?nclick_check=1
CHI may claim the name “Catholic” in its title, but it hardly adheres to the precepts of the Church when it comes to life issues. So, I am not surprised they are involved in a malpractice suit and use such a ridiculous and scandalous defense. The Archbishop of Denver was recently asked about this situation, about which he had no prior knowledge; I expect there will be some action from him in the near future. And, just and aside, CHI is NOT affiliated with the Church or with the Archdiocese of Denver. Since the term is not “trademarked” or “copywritten”, any-old-anybody can call themselves Catholic without being held to any standard. That is how The Enemy works: lies and obfuscation, causing confusion.

We Vote or We Recall!

We are going to try and convince legislators to refer this bill to Colorado voters. It will most likely fail, as a similar measure did two years ago. If the legislature votes it will surely pass.

Our message to legislators is that something this important should be considered and voted on by all voters, and those legislators that don’t allow that but instead ram it through with their temporary majority aren’t considering the common good and should be recalled.

Without your help, we won’t be able to do this. We need to build a grassroots organization down to the neighborhood level. Please volunteer to help us.

First, represent us in your neighborhood, so all legislators can know that they might be the one we choose to target for recall (we could never recall them all, will focus our efforts.)

Also, volunteer to help us on the steering committee. And finally help us find a deacon or priest to serve as our chaplain.

With your help we can stop this!

For more see http://ReferendumOrRecall.org

Help us convince legislators to refer this to we citizens of Colorado so we can vote on it directly, rather than it being decided by this temporary majority of civil union/ gay marriage enthusiasts. As was said at the rally Friday, “We know that God and the majority of citizens of Colorado are with us, if we take action we cannot fail!” See http://ReferendumOrRecall.org

This is not about rights, as those who would divert our attention say, but about granting and enforcing social acceptance of a lifestyle that advocates of the natural law do not accept.  The Catholic sacrament of marriage between a man and a woman justifies and exacts respect, and reflects devout Catholic teachings.  Laws that place two people in a position of confused irresponsibility and sin are being essentially forced upon America to the detriment of people of the same sex who have been deceived into believing their most beneficient, ultimate source of help is from the Government. 

His Eminence Francis Cardinal George, Archbishop of Chicago, although he could have said it much more authoritatively, has something to say about same-sex unions: 

http://www.crisismagazine.com/2013/same-sex-marriage-legislation-whats-at-stake 

The Obama Administration’s uncompromising legal assault on gays is an attempt to finalize homosexual unions rather than resort to compassion, and a way to permanently say “up yours” to the faithful who disagree.  Catholics are not the only ones concerned about this.  There are many faith-based organizations, that use compassion and care for those with same-sex attraction disorder and homosexuality-related problems, including: 

COURAGE (a Catholic apostolate)  http://www.couragerc.net/ 

a Jewish apostolate, JONAH   http://www.jonahweb.org/index.php 

and a Mormon website http://www.mormonsandgays.org/ 

Terah James wrote:

But I disagree with you about what has been revealed by the Catholic Church.  All over the world, the Catholic church is no longer respected by society in general.  Formerly Catholic countries, like Spain, are as left-wing as possible, with legalized same sex unions.  Yet almost that whole country, including its leaders, are Catholic.  Like our own Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi, the Kennedy family, etc. in the USA, are “Catholic”.

So I think our priests and bishops, led by Rome, should just focus on what they do best: give good liturgies, and focus on the peripherals and on the pomp and circumstance of “church”, leaving the real work of spreading the Gospel and the New Testament writings of Paul to the Evangelical Christians that believe it, and know how to teach the FULLNESS of the New Testament, in its purest form, not hampered by 2000 years of man-made tradition, that the Catholic church loves so much.
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You might want to reread First Corinthians, where the local Church was split by divisions.  St. Paul was the Church hierarchy of his day.  If you take out all of the admonishment that St. Paul gave the Church at Corinth there wouldn’t be much left of First Corinthians.
I see no difference between the modern Catholic Church in America and the Church at Corinth.  If the HHS mandate is a preview of coming governmental policies, then the social welfare state is being turned into the meat offered to idols. If the Catholic Church in America expects positive results from the New Evangelization then the American Church hierarchy will need to provide the same guidance as St. Paul did to the Church at Corinth.  Otherwise it will be one faction fighting another, to no useful or constructive purpose.