Well no matter how correct this decision is, and it is 100% correct, it will not be taken well by the PC, gay lobby driven mass media.
EWTN.com - Vatican Says Prohibition against Gays in Seminaries Is Universal
Most people have never heard of this document Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship that Senator Obama's advisory board talks about. Additionally it is almost impossible to understand for most of us lay people. It is so vague and even contradictory that many people think almost any position can be supported by it.
When he was in the Illinois state senate he led the fight to deny health care to babies born alive who survived an abortion.
Donohue and Obama advisors scuffle over Catholic identity, abortion
"The truth expressed in 'Humanae Vitae' does not change," the Holy Father affirmed.
As this article implies it is often easy to vote for something when it is abstract and not fully understood. It is a different story when it affects you personally. People found it easy to vote for a bond issue to allow embryonic stem cell research. When it came time for women to sell their eggs and along with it their genetic identity, for possible destruction, it no longer sounded so great.
RORATE CÆLI: The continuing eradication of Christianity in Iraq: "An Orthodox Christian priest was killed by unknown assassins on Saturday in the heart of Baghdad according to Iraqi security sources.
Several unidentified armed men traveling in a car opened fire on the priest as he left his home in the central district of Karrada, said the sources who requested anonymity.
The priest died instantly. The incident took place around 12:00 local time (9:00 GMT) and the assailants escaped according to the same source."
So when will be be able to just accept what a candidate says without waiting to hear what the "Spin Doctors" tell us he or she really meant?
TheHill.com - Obama’s ‘baby’ comment draws fire from conservatives
CLet's take time for Christ this Christmas. So often we here in the news about people trying to take Christmas from us, or a "War on Christmas". There is no way anybody can take it from us if we truly keep it as we should, with Christ and Christ alone at the center.
The reason this stuff (link below) is so harmful is that so many people get their "facts" from television and Hollywood movies. It seems there is no critical and objective thought out there anymore.
Link to JIMMY AKIN.ORG: The Nattering Nabobs of Know-Nothingism
I don't know if I have documented adequately the problems I've been having with my training for the MS-150. The entire thing can be paraphrased in one sentence; I have not been able to get on my bike since April 26th.
I may have mentioned pain in my left ankle, knee, hip and lower back in a previous post or two. Well it got so bad I couldn't even ride on my indoor trainer for more than 15 or 20 minutes!
I went to the guy who did my Lumbar Fusion in 2003. He thinks I have inflammation and possibly nerve damage in my Sacrum. He tells me that when the spine is fused as mine is at the lower Lumbar area it can no longer move in relation to the Sacrum as intended. He said even small changes in a persons gait can over time lead to inflammation and other damage. That could make sense. When I ride I usually ride at a cadence of 90 rpm. That means that in one 60 minute ride my legs revolve 5400 times.
Anyway I'm doing physical therapy now, taking anti inflammatory and using plenty of heat and ice. The bottom line though is I cannot get on my bike and I can only walk about 20 minutes per day. That is NOT where I needed to be by now in my training. I was shooting for 10 hours per week on my bike.
Facts are facts, I just have to accept the ones that tell me this is not going to be the victory I thought it was going to be in my recovery. As it turns out this is something else to recover from.
"Pope John Paul II has pointed out to the whole Church the example and doctrine of St. Teresa of Avila who in her life had to reject the temptation of certain methods which proposed a leaving aside of the humanity of Christ in favor of a vague self-immersion in the abyss of divinity. In a homily given on November 1, 1982, he said that the call of St. Teresa of Jesus advocating a prayer completely centered on Christ "is valid even in our day, against some methods of prayer which are not inspired by the gospel and which in practice tend to set Christ aside in preference for a mental void which makes no sense in Christianity. Any method of prayer is valid insofar as it is inspired by Christ and leads to Christ who is the Way, the Truth, and the Life"
I have just finished a fairly short experience with Centering Prayer. I was guided by the book Open Mind, Open Heart by Thomas Keating. I have had this book for years and began reading it recently. I was intrigued by how easy Fr. Keating made it seem to achieve contemplation and/or union with our Lord. I was disconcerted however about how thoughts of our Lord were eliminated by this type of prayer.
When my son was home from college recently I talked briefly with him about it. He presented me with the article I have linked below. Needless to say that as soon as I read the article I discontinued my practice of Centering Prayer.
Fr. Keating and authors like him are able to entrap people like me by the promise of something for literally nothing. I'm seeking a deeper prayer life. In my current condition my cognitive abilities limit what I can understand when I read. I know the writings of Teresa of Avila and John of the Cross are correct. However, they are deeper than I can go on my own. It is too bad there are no teachers as anxious to take up teaching the way of these great saints as they are the false promise of Centering Prayer.
Source: Catholic Culture : Library : A Closer Look at Centering Prayer
91% of the facilities that admitted that a crime had been committed agreed to conceal it.
This is where millions upon millions of our tax dollars go every year. It seems to me that even pro-choice people would be disgusted that so much money goes to an organization that looks for ways to break and circumvent the law at every turn. Lets not also forget the number of young lives that are devastated by the encouragement to protect the predators that prey upon them and the torture of the rest of their lives dealing with the killing of a child. Rest assured that if Prolife organizations received that kind of tax support pro choicer's would be crawling all over them to look for behavior like this in order to stop the flow of money.
My heart goes out to the daughter of the PPLA worker that said she would have aborted her! How do you deal with something like that, the daughter and the mother. Oh yeah, by lying and hiding it.
Source: Planned Parenthood Caught on Tape Covering Up Statutory Rape – Threatens Lawsuit to Hide Evidence
Michelle Malkin: Another Great Moment in Public Education
“balance with having the fun and experimenting and enjoying what you’re doing, whether it’s learning, or sexually or with drugs or alcohol ... But keep focused.”
If you haven't read the piece by Vincent Carroll of the Rocky Mountain News about the disgusting events at Boulder High School you can find it here. Michelle Malkin has a lot more information about the background of this. Basically everyone can be assured that Boulder Colorado continues to show just how out of touch an entire city can become. Boulder High school is attempting to single handedly role back decades of say no to drugs and illicit sex programs. The reason is simple the Conference on World Affairs would do this. If there are no moral or ethical boundaries life becomes a lot easer and a lot more "fun"; in their minds. It also helps if they can draw others into their liberal, relativistic way of life. Misery and people who know they are promoting evil, love company. They get a feeling of justification by having a lot of people around them that are doing the same thing.
Or maybe this post should be titled 'Lack of Training for the MS-150'.
I have not been able to get on my bike since April 26th. On that day I began getting what can only be described as excruciating pain in my left ankle, knee, hip and my lower back while riding. It was so bad I could only pedal for a couple minutes then I would have to get off my bike or if I could coast unclip my left foot and let it hang.
I went to my Doctor and had x-rays of my lower back to make sure my fusion was still intact. Those were OK. I then had a bike fit done at the shop where I bought my bike. Even after that I still couldn't ride. So... I now have an appointment at the Boulder Center for Sports Medicine with the famous Andy Pruitt. It is a medical evaluation but I can't get in until May 30th. That does not leave me a lot of time to get ready for the MS-150 on July 7 and 8.
Stay tuned....
I really don't think anybody looks at my blog. But if somebody did in the past week or so they would have received the message that it is a private blog. This is no longer the case.
You see there are unscrupulous people out there that Spam blogs with unwanted (to be nice) comments. The blog was hit so I made it private until I could at least clean things up.
Why is it that all crooks, when they get caught, claim they want to crusade against other crooks committing the same crime they did. Basso is on the same level as a street gang banger that finally gets caught and then claims he wants to help "kids" stay out of gangs. In some instances these jail house conversions may be genuine but the vast majority of the time they are conversions of convenience; appeasing prosecutors, judges and in this case fans and sponsors who have paid him millions.
On a sad note it is getting harder and harder for me to stay committed that Lance Armstrong was the only clean guy out there. It's my understanding that Lance Armstrong has urine samples dating back years. I think it is time for the guy at the top to stand up and prove himself. He owes it to millions who have bought into his story.
'Basso said, 'The moment has come for me to assume my responsibilities. I only hope that I will be understood,'' Martelli said, adding the rider would 'plan his future around the fight against doping.'
Source: Basso Said Admits Role in Doping Scandal
This is a very interesting article on Relativism, Duh!
The problem I have with the philosophy of Relativism is that it denies any universal truths, except that is, the universal truth they believe... that everything is relative. I know it's simplistic but I can't get past the logical error that they make. They try to prove there is no universal truth by declaring a universal truth.
So, Benedict XVI is going to the UN. This will be a fun event to follow. Let's get ready because the Holy Father and the Church are going to be blamed for everything from the spread of AIDS to global warming. This visit should bring out some of the most entertaining protestors and special interest groups that we have seen in... well since John Paul II visited.
UN Secretary-General said Pope Benedict XVI has accepted his invitation to visit UN headquarters "at a mutually convenient time".
Today I had an EEG to check out the ole brain waves. The lines were squiggly and not flat so in my book I passed the test.
All this stems from my episode last Easter weekend when I lost memory completely of almost three days. This is the second time it has happened and last time there was nothing physically wrong just like I'm sure is the case this time. Since I have the seizures so frequently they wanted to mainly make sure the medication was holding them in check. Oh well, I lose a nights sleep but I get some peace of mind. That should keep my brainwaves mellow like they are sipping a Pina Colada on a Caribbean beach!
I don't know what is up the last several days but I can't ride my bike more than 25 minutes without getting excruciating pain in my left ankle, knee and hip. I end up having to "limp" home either getting off the bike every few minutes or if I can coast I can unclip my left foot and let my left leg hang.
This is not good as I was hoping to increase my training days by 1 each week and start increasing my time on the bike to. I'm set up for a bike fit a week from this Saturday. We'll see if that helps but if it was something in the fit of the bike I don't think it would come on so suddenly.
