Thank you for your work in Catechesis. It is so vital to passing on the faith to the next generation.

In Christ,
William O’Leary

The USCCB’s statement regarding Voting with a Catholic Conscience did not clarify what a Catholic Conscience is. Many Catholics due to poor catechesis, either from their Bishops or local clergy fell prey to believing their subjective conscience could be used instead of objective truth in the Presidential election we had this past Tues.

Because of this, because of obfiscation in the above statement as to what INTRINSIC evil is, we will now have in the oval office, the most pro abortin candicate we have ever had throughout the history of the this republic.

I hope at the up coming conference in Baltimore, you and the Bishops such as Chaput, Finn, Martino, Hermann, Malooly, Curtiss, Vasa, Rigali, Blake, George, Farrell, Torraco, Murphy, Vann,, O’Brien, Naumann , Gilmore , Coakley , Jackels and the many other upstanding leaders of our Church will make it explicite to the congregations of Holy Mother Church here in the United States, the horrible evil of abortion, euthanasai, embryonic stem cell research, cloning and homosexual marriage and that any Catholic supporting any of these INTRINSIC EVILS will be denied communion, especially our public politicians who declare themselves to be Catholic, but have no Catholic conscience.

Even the loss of cafeteria priests would be welcome by me if it meant the purity of our church and it’s beliefs are taught and returned to the faithful. I would rather have fewer TRUE Catholic Churches , dioceses and parishes than many false ones.

Whatever happened to our priests, Bishops and other clergy coming right out and saying, “THIS IS A MORTAL SIN.” No wonder 50% of ill formed Catholic Consciences voted for the most evil candidate in American History and placed him in office.

I am pleased that the President-elect Barak Obama has opposed the war in Iraq that has caused the loss of innocent lives taken needlessly and “pre-emptively”. Though the GOP supports the pro-life movement, the paradoxical position on risking and taking human life in battle has only been a darkness in our recent history.

At last, our appointed leader,who stated his position in the final presidential debate that “no one” wants an abortion and that it should be RARE – will bring peace and life to our nation – this surely is the greatest blessing we could receive from Our Lord and Savior!

Sincerely,
“Edith”

I intend all due respect to you and your office with this posting.

I came to visit your blog to see if you had sent some offical teaching to guide Catholics during this election period. I had not received any guidance from the sermons at Mass leading up to the election. I saw the election in a cut and dry manner. One candidate supported life one did not. Voting records and public statements were very clear on the matter.

After reading your offical stand in your blog, I came away with the feeling that Catholics were not given any firm guidance on voting. It was not direct enough.

After thirty years of legal abortion, it makes me wonder when ( and who) in the American Catholic church will lead the faithful to act against the culture on this vital issue.

It was embarassing to see the northeast and mid-atlantic vote go so overwhelmingly to the anti-life candidate. I think the blame goes to various places, but I can’t understand why Catholic leaders are not taking a stronger stand and a more direct approach to leading.

The whole issue reminds me of the gospel that was part of Mass recently, in which the Lord invites His faithful to the wedding feast. The faithful were lukewarm and taken in by the world. These he spit out of His mouth. Spit reminds me of waste. I see this Nov election as just that waste.

I pray for you and the office you hold, as well as our church. That the Sacrad Heart of Jesus has mercy on us all.

God Bless, Shawn

I am heartsick this morning. America has overwhelmingly chosen economics over the sanctity of life. I can’t help but wonder if

our Church had been more vocal in the months preceding the elections, if the results might have been different.

I wholeheartedly echo the words of Mr. Andrew Heaton above,

The Church must present itself as a no compromise church, and stand firmly behind it’s teaching.

May God bless,

We thank you for using your Blog to guide us in the teachings of our Lord Jesus Christ and the doctrine of the Catholic Church. On the eve of the Presidential election in the United States, a country that we dearly love, we want to give our Lord a chance to act in each one of us in despite of our sinfulness and our own limitations. Christ certainly transformed Paul the Tarsus in His faithful and ardent Apostle of His teachings and Christ could do the same in each one of us because He told us in the Parable of the two sons that what it pleases Him is what we confess with our own lives not only with our words. This is say that we want to do His will because we are not living the ideals of Christ as many believe, but the Life of Christ and with that life of Christ in each of one of us and in His Church, we treat people with His love and kindness even when we have to disagree in despite of the fact that many times, unknowingly perhaps, we kill our brothers and sisters with the way we look at them with our own attitudes of superiority not realizing that He, who dwells in us, wants us to behave in love and true humility allowing Him to assist us and guide us. Christ is our best defense to make us defend Him because we defend Him not with swords of this world or with the swords of our own words, but with the sword is His love and the sword of His Word. His love and His Words are giving us true Life, we are His followers, His people, His Church and that life of Christ has penetrated for ages the hearts and souls of many sinners, like in us, allowing them and allowing us to change completely for the Lord, to live the Life of the Lord and making them and making us to became His holy Saints, His Holy people and this is because Christ never suppress His love for any of us in despite of our sinfulness and our own unfaithfulness.

In many Catholic parishes we are praying “the Novena for Faithful Citizen” The last part of the Novena is very appropriate for our own individual and collective expectations. “Accept, o Mother of Christ, this cry laden with the sufferings of all individual human beings, laden with the sufferings of whole societies. Help us with the power of the Holy Spirit to conquer all sin: individual sin and the “the sin of the world”, sin in all its manifestations. Let there be revealed once more in the history of the world the infinite saving power of the Redemption: the power of merciful love. May it put a stop to evil. May it transform consciences. May your Immaculate Heart reveal for all the light of hope. Amen”

Thank you sir for defending the helpless. Last night, my room mate, here at Gordon-Conwell Seminary, preached on Micah 3, wherein the immoral leaders and prophets were chastised because, in neglecting the people, God declares: they “eat my peoples flesh…and break their bones in pieces” (verse 3 NIV).

I pray your flock and all Christians who dwell within the bounds of the diocese will have one voice in this matter.

Thank you for your pastoral ministry to all Christians and all the unborn.

Douglas Dobbins

Thank you for your important words concerning the right to life.
This election has caused us so much anxiety, what is the future of our country? – if we do not protect the lives of the unborn, what will become of us…

Last week, my “Trinity” professor tried to put us ease, as he quoted Isaiah 6:1-3

“In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted, and the train of his robe filled the temple. 2 Above him were seraphs, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying. 3 And they were calling to one another:
“Holy, holy, holy is the LORD Almighty;
the whole earth is full of his glory.”

Whatever the outcome of this election, God is in command.

God bless!

Our founding documents had a political purpose though rooted in faith. The state can not take away a right that God has given us. In our modern society, that faith that was our root is eroding, and so may our rights.

Can’t the Church be strong? If it taught the right and wrong of modern beliefs, would it not grow in God’s grace? The Church must Teach, Sanctify and Rule in matters of faith and morals. How can it let such wrongful thinking be promoted? Political action is not required. Teaching is required.

The world wants to look to someone to ease their fears. More and more they seem to be listening to teachers and politicians who are without a moral compass. People are only looking for someone to tell them what to do. Teaching what is right and reminding all that God’s love through his Son heals us should be our goal. Please let me know how I might help. “Go, Francis, and repair my house, which as you see is falling into ruin.” Andrew

Thank you for the strong and clear words about abortion.

In Christ,

Fr. St. Martin

Your position is eloquently stated. But with all do respect talk, or in this case writing, is cheap. When are Pro-abortion politicians going to be excommunicated? My brother in Christ, the secular media is always going to be against us but many have endured suffering much greater for the sake of the Gospel

The Declaration of Independence: A Transcription
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.-

You stated: We hold these truths to be self evident,” namely, that we are all created equal and are endowed by our Creator with certain inalienable rights, the first of which is the right to life.

Unfortunately in the first part of the Declaration of Independence; Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness should have read: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are the right to Life.”

Then there is no lee way for Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.- which gives free will, full reign and not God’s will. Which has led to legalization of abortion.

Free will has led us into trouble from the beginning with Adam and Eve. The lower cast of animals get along better than we humans do. Joel Osteen stated in one of his sermons: “A bitter root bears a bitter fruit.” How do you stop producing bitter fruit? Stop feeding it!

If we all followed God’s plan; To Love, honor and serve Him. The bitter fruit “Abortion” would no longer be the number one cause of death in the United States.
Regards,
David