Sunday, June 9, 2013

Christians Are Under Attack ! A Prayer Crusade is THE answer !

Christians are under attack world wide.  In many places the followers of Islam burn churches and kill believers, both Catholic and Protestant.  It's time to do something about this unwholesome situation.  Should we arm ourselves and take to the streets?  No, that is not what Jesus would have done.  What we need to do is to embark on is a Prayer Crusade.  Our Father in heaven is waiting for us to join together and ask for help against the people who are injuring His people. 

What do we really know about Islam and their holy book, the Koran. Here are a few quick facts for you. Get to know the enemy so that they will not be able to trick you. 

Islam and Civil Rights:  Islam does not recognize freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of assembly, freedom of the press. 

The Koran: The Koran was supposedly handed down directly from Allah to Mohammed and is in perfect Arabic.  In actuality it contains sentences that are incomplete, sentences with poor grammar, and contradictions in what a follower should do.  The Koran contains text ripped from the Hebrew Bible because the Prophet hoped that by putting in something the the Jews were familiar with he could convert them.  This failed and the peaceful Prophet began attacking caravans and Jewish settlements.  Through this means the Prophet was able to obtain great influence and huge monetary resources.  

Islam and Women:  (From the Koran Sura 4-34) "Men are the managers of the affairs of women. Those you fear may be rebellious - admonish them; banish them to their couches and beat them."

The Prophet: The Prophet used the Koran for his own benefit on many occasions.  For example; the Koran says that a man may have up to four wives.  The Prophet had at least sixteen wives and had relations with up to six more concubines or slaves. Aesha was nine years old when the Prophet took her into his bed. In another instance he fancied the wife of another man and son of a gun, Allah spoke and told the man to give his wife to the Prophet.  

These are just a few facts about the Islamic faith that everyone should know.  We, Catholics and Protestants of all denominations MUST enter into a Crusade against the Muslims.  Do not be deceived by their words of honey.  They play only by their rules and peaceful co-existence with any other religion will not happen.  Look at what the Taliban did to those ancient statues in Afghanistan.  


Do not engage in any violence against these poor people.  Remember they have been brainwashed their whole lives to accept the mush-mosh that is the Koran is the word of God.  Our Crusade must be completely non violent.  We must pray to God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit and ask them for help against a vicious foe.  

So, fellow Christians, will you commit to praying each day for God to move His mighty arm and to rebuke the followers of Islam that employ violence against His children.   We have to show by our actions that we trust in God, that we trust in Jesus and we have to be ready to put our action where our beliefs lead us. 

Fellow Catholics, the Rosary helped bring down the Berlin wall and communism. Let us resort to our sharpest sword and dedicate one Rosary per day to the defeat of violent Islam. 

Other Christians, pray however you want, but do it daily and do it faithfully.  We need to unite to defeat this enemy.  We will either hang together now or hang separately later. 

God is watching and waiting for His children to ask for help.  His mighty hand will protect us.  We must remember too that Jesus has already won the victory for us.  It is the duty of every Christian to participate in the work of Christ, in the manner he has taught.  We must not trade violence for violence.  For if we do this we are not trusting in God, we are trusting in our weapons.  If we enter into prayer and ask our Father for what we need and we are all united in our words, what Father could refuse us? 

Tuesday, January 1, 2013

2013 - What Should We Expect From It?

Well 2013 is here and blogs everywhere are blooming with advice.  Let this blog be no different!  

What can we expect from 2013?  I think we can expect more of the same.  It is not that I am cynical but if you examine history carefully you will see that very little changes over time.  That is because we are human beings and the human beings that came before us had the same concerns, same problems, and there were some that chose to solve problems by being less than ethical in their practice.  I think that things are actually getting worse as we get farther and farther away from honoring the Law of God.  We allow abortions on demand.  We shoot one another on the streets of our cities because we are wearing the wrong color shirt.  We have sick people that shoot innocent children and so on and so on.  

What can we (I) do about it.  I intend for the year 2013 to a year where I won't complain about the darkness around me.  I will do all in my power to bring light.  I will become a positive influence over the part of the Earth that God has placed into my care.  I will not curse the darkness, I will light a candle.  In short I will begin again. When I was young (a long time ago now) I had the world by the tail and was optimistic about the future.  I tried to improve things where I could. So today I will begin again.

May the year 2013 bring you peace and prosperity and may the end of this year find you closer to God and may the world be at peace. 

Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Christmas - I Don't Understand.....


Christmas is here! Jesus is born ! Like all of you I am filled with joy because of this Holy Birth. But there are some things that I do not understand.

  • Why does God love us so much that He would send His only Son to earth?
  • Why did he come to be born unknown and in poverty being born in a place where animals were housed?
  • Why would a young Jewish girl risk being stoned as an adulterer by returning from an out of town visit three months pregnant? 
  • Why was the Holy Birth first announced to shepherds in the field? They were looked down upon because their jobs kept them out of the temple.
  • Why didn't He simply appear on a cloud of glory with the heavenly host at His side?  He could have appeared in His Glory and could have converted the world in a split second.
I think the answers to all of my questions is Love.  God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are complete love.  Things happened the way they did so that we could make up our own mind and choose to become a member of the Household of God or if we wanted to, we could ignore Him and the gifts He brought for us.  That is true Love.  God gives us the power to accept or reject Him. When you think of it is an awesome power. But He entrusts us with that power because He wants us to be happy. 

On this Christmas day I wish everyone a very Merry Christmas. To those that are lonely, to those who are estranged from their family, to those who have lost a loved one, this day is for you too!  Rejoice for the march to victory has begun today with the Birth of The Great King who began  life as poor child with no place to lay is head except in a manger.  

Sunday, December 23, 2012

4th Sunday of Advent - Journey's End in Sight



Our journey is almost done. We have come a long way in four weeks. We are ready to celebrate the birth of our savior.  The Gospel for today speaks about Mary visiting Elizabeth.  Notice that Elizabeth's infant leaped in her womb as Mary greeted her.  John the Baptist already recognized that the Christ was in Mary's womb. Elizabeth tells Mary that she is "Blessed among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb."  Mary carried in her body, the Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Christ.  She was the first tabernacle, the new Arc of the Covenant, she was the new Eve who negated Adam and Eve's no by saying "Yes."  It was to be her privilege to be the Mother of God!  

Mary is our mother too. We are adopted sons and daughters in the Household of God.  She calls us her sons and daughters.  She stands next to her Son in heaven and she constantly prays for us to Him.  Jesus perfectly obeyed all of the commandments the Father passed down to us on Mount Sinai.  This includes the fourth commandment, "Honor thy father and they mother."  Jesus honors His mother and we too as members of the household claim her as our mother too.  This is why Catholics honor Mary because Christ our Savior did it first and we want to imitate him as well. 

As we look forward to the celebration of the Holy Birth, let us thank God for giving us a spiritual mother who understands us and who loves us and speaks for us to the Lord our God.  

Saturday, December 22, 2012

A Non-Traditional Christmas Carol ?

Christmas Day is almost here.  Our houses are decorated, presents are wrapped, the family is gathering and our season of joy is about to begin.

In A Christmas Carol Scrooge eventually promises to keep Christmas in his heart all year long.  That is a worthy sentiment and a good thing to do.   But is this enough?  We carry Christ brightly and tightly in our heart but do we introduce him to others?  We need not stand on a street corner and shout his name, we only need to express His love by sharing our love.  Think about this as you open your presents this Christmas morning and resolve to share the greatest gift of all, Jesus the Lord, through your actions throughout the year.   

Sunday, December 16, 2012

Tears - On the 3rd Sunday of Advent


This weekend our joy that our Advent journey is almost complete is tempered by an act of violence that stuns the imagination.  The massacre of teachers and children in a small town has caused us to reflect on the preciousness of human life. 

Any comments I would make would ring hollow because even I, a man blessed with the skill to form words into stories is too shocked to write more.  Along with all of America I ask "why?"


Sunday, December 9, 2012

2nd Week of Advent / Getting Ready

Today, Sunday, December 9, 2012 is the 2nd Sunday of Advent which is the period that the Church asks us to prepare for the upcoming Christmas Feast Day.  We human beings are always getting ready for something.  For example we are getting ready for work, for school, for the big meeting, for the big test and so on.  The Church asks us to ready ourselves to greet Jesus when He comes.  Some of us prepare for the Christmas feast by shopping, sometimes to excess as we find out in January.  We prepare by decorating our homes with light up Santa Claus figures, reindeer figures, blinking lights and so forth. All of this is good and proper and fun, and we should do these things, except we might want to watch what we spend for gifts.  We should do more too.

The season of Advent should impel us to ready our hearts to receive the King of Glory.  Along with all of the other decorating, we should take time to decorate our souls.  We should spend a little bit of time each day in prayer, we should spend a few minutes reading the Bible, we should think about our lives and how we can improve them.  Then we should decorate our souls with ornaments of charity, garlands of prayer, and the bright lights of contemplation.  If we do this Christmas will arrive and we will feel the joy the shepherds felt that glorious night when God came to Earth to experience the very life he gave us.

Saturday was the Feast Day of the Immaculate Conception, who is the Patron Saint of America.  It celebrates the special favor that was granted to Mary by God.  God, who is not limited by time or space, applied the grace of the Cross of Jesus to Mary and preserved her from the very moment of her conception from original sin.  God rescued us when we fell into the pit of original sin because of the disobedience of Adam and drew us out.  For Mary, she saved her by not allowing her to fall into the pit in the first place.  This was His will and His pleasure and a special gift to the young girl who would become the Mother of God.

May God be with you this week and may he be seen through the kindness you grant to those around you.