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Ain't that the truth!

Pro-life Rally in Ireland

In Ireland over 30,000 people have rallied to how their opposition to legalizing abortion. It is quite hopeful that it is actually still illegal there, since research shows that the numbers of pro-lifers are steadily rising.

Read more here at CatholicVote.

I wonder if the Irish have looked at America and seen the effects of Roe vs. Wade, the fortieth anniversary of which is in two days?

If people had done this before the court's decision, then likely we wouldn't need to send 200,000 every year to D.C.

Christian Unity Octave - Day 3

ANTIPHON: That they all may be one, as Thou, Father, in me and I in Thee; that they also may be one in Us; that the world may believe that Thou hast sent me.

V. I say unto thee, thou art Peter; R. And upon this rock I will build my Church.

For the return of the Anglicans to the authority of the Vicar of Christ.

Let us pray. O Lord Jesus Christ, who saidst unto Thine Apostles: Peace I leave you, My peace I give to you; regard not our sins, but the faith of Thy Church, and grant unto her that peace and unity which are agreeable to Thy Will; Who livest and reignest ever, one God, world without end. Amen.

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I have not kept up on the  situation with the Anglicans. I've heard that some have come home, and that some others have women bishops. This is an important group; Merrie Olde Englande has been lost for too long, and it is time that we get them back. 

Christian Unity Octave - Day 2

ANTIPHON: That they all may be one, as Thou, Father, in me and I in Thee; that they also may be one in Us; that the world may believe that Thou hast sent me.

V. I say unto thee, thou art Peter; R. And upon this rock I will build my Church.

 For the return of the Eastern Orthodox Christians to communion.

Let us pray. O Lord Jesus Christ, who saidst unto Thine Apostles: Peace I leave you, My peace I give to you; regard not our sins, but the faith of Thy Church, and grant unto her that peace and unity which are agreeable to Thy Will; Who livest and reignest ever, one God, world without end. Amen.

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See? We have not forgotten our Eastern family. The sad, yet interesting, thing about this prayer is that the Eastern Orthodox faithful probably accept more of the Church's teaching than most Roman Rite Catholics! If their biggest problem is not accepting the authority of the Pope, I can think of plenty of politicians who are deserving of their own mention during this octave! Yet I digress.

Christian Unity Octave - Day 1

Today begins the Octave of Christian Unity. Let's start with a prayer:

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ANTIPHON: That they all may be one, as Thou, Father, in me and I in Thee; that they also may be one in Us; that the world may believe that Thou hast sent me.

V. I say unto thee, thou art Peter; R. And upon this rock I will build my Church.

 For the return of the "other sheep" to the One Fold of our Lord Jesus Christ,

Let us pray. O Lord Jesus Christ, who saidst unto Thine Apostles: Peace I leave you, My peace I give to you; regard not our sins, but the faith of Thy Church, and grant unto her that peace and unity which are agreeable to Thy Will; Who livest and reignest ever, one God, world without end. Amen.

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All right, now let's make some sacrifice throughout the day. You've got one? Good. Offer it up for reunification with our sundered brethren.

Now let's take a look at what this Octave is.

It is NOT an ecumenical meet-the-others-halfway and sing Kum-ba-ya. We will not sit in a circle and each of us tell the group something interesting about our religions, and leave the meeting with a warm feeling but having accomplished nothing but looking like an idiot for the whole world to laugh. By doing that we lower our Faith to the level of the alii, the others.

What we mean by Christian Unity is bluntly; for the heretics to open their eyes to the error of their ways and seek the Truth in the Catholic Church. THAT is Christian Unity.

Some might say Catholics, in doing this, want to have their cake and eat it too. You know what? They are right on that, because they've got it wrong with God.

This week let's all especially strive to live as witnesses for Christ and to spread His message throughout the world.

Pontifex

Twitter non credo; puto se vastum mei temporis. Autem.....

I think it is awesome that the Pope has his own handle....and that it is in Latin! 

https://twitter.com/Pontifex_ln/followers

Check it out. 

Ulbandus

Ulbandus is a Gothic word, meaning camel.

Elephantus is a Latin word, meaning elephant. 

Did you know that philologists have determined that both of these words were developed together into the English elephant? But somewhere along the line the meanings got switched- ulbandus (camel, Gothic) + elephantus (elephant, Latin) became, elephant meaning elephant. 

But there is no understanding of where the camel went. 

Any suggestions?