The following comes from a July 12 story on the Catholic News Agency website.
Pro-life group Heroic Media is disappointed after several national newspapers refused to run, and labeled “too controversial,” an ad featuring a model of a 20-week old fetus held in a hand.
Both the Los Angeles Times and USA Today refused to run the advertisement altogether, while the Chicago Tribune settled for a revised version, with a different picture of a live 20-week old baby en utero.
“It strikes me as ironic that a medically accurate fetal model was too controversial, when the actual babies being aborted are living humans with blood pulsing through their veins,” Marissa Cope, marketing and research director at Heroic Media, a pro-life apostolate, told CNA July 12.
Major newspapers that ran the original advertisement included the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Wall Street Journal. Some papers ran the ad with the stipulation that the wording “made it clear that it was a paid advertisement,” Cope said.
Cope called the rejections “disappointing, but not surprising.”
The goal of the advertisement was to raise awareness of a baby’s development at 20 weeks gestation. Congress is currently considering a bill that would ban abortion after 20 weeks, when an unborn child can likely feel pain.
There is evidence that fetuses can feel pain as early as 20 weeks, and they certainly can by 24 weeks.
On June 18, the House passed the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, which would prohibit abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy.
It states, “there is substantial medical evidence that an unborn child is capable of experiencing pain at least by 20 weeks after fertilization, if not earlier.”
Though the bill has passed the House, it must still pass the Senate, and the White House has suggested that if it arrives on President Obama’s desk he will veto it.
The administration stated that the bill “shows contempt for women’s health and rights, the role doctors play in their patients’ health care decisions, and the Constitution.”
A similar bill was passed in the Texas House July 9, and is due to be considered by the state Senate….
To read the entire story, click here.
I no longer support the so called “main stream media” by refusing to tune in nor purchase their wares. Advertisers will go to where the viewers/readers are. We now have choices.
Tracy that is true…we now have choices and need to support those good choices. God bless you. : )
“‘The administration stated that the bill “shows contempt for women’s health and rights, the role doctors play in their patients’ health care decisions, and the Constitution.”‘
Contempt? This word is what the administration shows towards its citizens, no matter what the age. Doctors? Yes, we know what kind of doctors you wish to protect and the organization it represents. The Constitution? If it were a religious word, you would be accused of blasphemy. You know nothing of the rights our forefathers fought and died for.
Cancel your subscription to the newspapers which practice censorship based on their lack of respect for life, their pro-abortion stance and their lack of respect for people who hold Christian values. When you cancel your subscription tell them specifically why you are cancelling it. Get your news from the radio, TV and/or the internet. Newspapers all over the country are having financial difficulties; let’s give them another problem.
Just cancelled my LA Times subscription. Way too much bias.
I cancelled my subscription to the LA Times several years ago because of what was, in my opinion. frequent anti-Catholic bigotry in articles and columns!! Good riddance..
I did that with the WSJ too! When they called to offer all kinds of deals to resubscribe, I always explained that I was tired of the anti-Catholic bias that I encountered in their paper. It didn’t use to be that way, but I started noticing when Newsweek, WSJ, and even our local paper all started drastically changing…about 2006 I think. It was very strange I always thought.
No real surprises here. L.A. Times has been on the “down low” for decades now, and is fast approaching its nadir as a document of record. Like the N.Y. Times, Washington Post, Newsweek (NEWSPEAK, see George Orwell and “1984”), Time, largely defunct Life, and so many other radlib rags, the credibility factor approaches LOL status. Any practicing Catholic Christian reading these fishwraps with any degree of seriousness as to their veracity or accuracy, especially in matters of morality, should immediately delve into the possibility that they might have delusionality issues. And when the L.A. Times considers the utterly charming respresentation of a fetus (“little one” or “little human” in Latin) reclining and yawning in an adult human hand as “too controversial” to publish, then they’re now in the territory of IZVESTIA or PRAVDA in the old Soviet Union. Zero respect or credibility. Nothing but a mouthpiece, an adjucnt (spelled right?) for the socialist incipient totalitarian Obama and his demonratic party, of which he is head. Actually, the L.A. Times has arrived at this state after announcing editorially around 1966 that they would no longer be a “tool” of the Republican establishment, and would henceforth become more “diverse” in their political outlook, etc. Google them if there’s any doubt as to what I write. There are now WONDERFUL news outlets for truth on the internet that all concerned Catholics and Evangelicals, etc., can turn to, like CalCatholic, NewAdvent being another, that weren’t available in later years from the ‘sixties. So good riddance to the L.A. Times, and I hope that the rumors of the Koch brothers showing an interest in BUYING the Times are credible. The sooner the better. GOD BLESS ALL, MARKRITE
Here in Orange County, the Libertarian Orange County Register seems to be on a sodomite celebration fest. The Editor of the so called O.C. Family section Editor even publicly thanked God for the recent 5-4 “decision” destroying the sanctity of marriage.
I am now after many years of subscription, considering other options, but in my position, I need to stay informed!
Pray that the Koch brothers are successful. I kind of doubt it. They could offer the kooks at the L.A. times an offer they couldn’t refuse but will because the offer came from Conservatives.
God bless, yours in Their Hearts,
Kenneth M. Fisher
Why should we be surprised, and not get it that after 40 years of a secular biased pro-choice medias who will never give the pro-life movement a fair shake? They, the corrupt pagan media, will prattle on and on about free speech but they do everything unfairly in their overwhelming power to deny it to the messages of the pro-life movement. It is long overdue but they must be called out and challenged by the pro-life movement if it will ever come to recognize the #ONE ENEMY..
I won’t pray that the Koch Brothers are successful. They care all about the wealthy and the top 1%. They think that they can buy our country. They certainly don’t worry about the interests of middle class working people. The mega wealthy may worship the Koch Brothers but I just shake my head at that. I have read things about them on various Catholic sites.
PA you swallow whatever the leftist media feeds you, you obviously hate those who are wealthy like all good tolerant liberals, but I bet you have all kinds of compassion for those who live off the system. Guess what I hate George Soros and his secular leftist agenda OK….
I guess you didn’t read that I don’t really like George Soros that much either. From what I read, he throws his money around too. I actually heard about him before I heard about the Koch Brothers.
I never said that I hated people who are wealthy, Canisius. But it is unfortunate that in recent years, since the 1970’s, that incomes for wealthy people have gone up greatly but middle incomes haven’t grown that much adjusted for inflation, increase in some middle income families have been due to the fact that both parents are working. The recessions from 2000 and 2007 have hit the middle class hard. The middle class never really came back from the recession of 2000-2002. Our nation went heavily in debt due the the war in Iraq.
None of which is a reason to dump capitalism in favor of socialism. As long as there is freedom, there can be capitalism, and there will be people who abuse it, granted. But capitalism can only be stifled by stifling freedom itself. Better not to punish the many for sins of a few. Without the Kochs, or other individual people with resources, there can be no possibility for individual action against the powers of the state. In other words, without people with resources who have profited within the capitalism system, who will be left to control all media but the state? Unfortunately that’s the direction we’re headed.
Who cares if someone is wealthy….I am not envious of their wealth nor am I coveting either…I am grateful that God blessed them with so much….what matters to me the most is their integrity and their faithfulness to our Lord…that is most important…..one can see if they fear the Lord….then they will honor Him in all things….
Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius. ~Archbishop Fulton John Sheen
Why do even pro-life people refer to prenatal or even postnatal infants as “IT”?
So annoying.
Never happens when referring to adults even if the sex is not known. “Well officer, I saw it running down the street away from the jewelery store.”
God did not make any its, He made male and female. Choose one and go with it, even if of indeterminate sex. Even here in sloppy grammar, the demon reveals his dehumanizing presence, but it is very, very subtle. The sloppy grammar reveals decades of the demon-induced sex-warfare.
Good post, Brad. Those supposed ‘little’ things are actually the big things and reflect one’s inner most thinking sometimes. I grew up in the forties and fifties and I remember the Holy Spirit was always referred to as it rather than He. That is referring to God as it. Pretty incriminating, actually, and shows that though the majority went to church every Sunday back then, they didn’t really understand much…it was just the accepted thing to do, where you met your friends and had a bit of socializing before a big Sunday dinner. We lacked the fulness of truth. I’ve also thought that referring to children as ‘kids’ (which has traditionally meant goats) is rather disrespectful of their humanity. I wonder when that started?
People need to understand that as more money goes from the middle class to the wealthy that this hurts real families. Young people delay marriage, many just live together. Decline in middle incomes has contributed to more children being born out of wedlock, more children living in poverty. Some married couples that work at minimum wage jobs decide that they can’t afford to have children. People talk about “family values” but speaking up for “family values” while supporting economic policies that favor the wealthy at the expense of middle class families doesn’t cut it.
Mark, this article was on lifesite news and it addresses just what you’re talking about. https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/corporations-and-the-culture-of-death-complete-interview-with-christopher-f
Hilary White is an amazing journalist, and I always look forward to her columns.
That is an interesting article Dana, I will have to go back later and read it more thoroughly. I think that women entering the workforce was a great benefit to businesses. They ended up with employees that were just as educated or more educated and pay them 70 to 80 cents on the dollar. This made profits go up and bonuses too. The downside of this is that most women don’t make enough to support a family so in some cases women will shack up with the first available man in order to be able to survive and raise children. In the worst cases the women end up with several men, one at a time and the children that they have end up suffering. Years ago this wasn’t all that common but today many people live together without benefit of clergy and this is hard on the children involved.
We’re a mess, Mark, that’s for sure!
Mark from PA,
Once again as an alleged Catholic, you completely miss the real problem and that is working mothers. Your socialist system intentionally made it that mothers would have to go to work to support the sick welfare system that they sometimes rely on as well.
Moral women, even working moral women, don’t end up as you say!
May God have mercy on your poor soul,
Kenneth M. Fisher
Kenneth, “you miss the real problem and that is working mothers.” Do you realize what a put-down this is? You are very pro-life and you try to convince women not to have abortions. Many stories on this site tell of women that have decided not to have an abortion and to keep their child. If the woman is not married how can you condemn her for getting a job to support her child (children)? Who would you criticize more, a single mom who works to support her children or one who accepts public assistance to support the child? Being pro-life is more than being anti-abortion. It means supporting women who decide to give their child life. What about families where the dad only has a high school education and makes minimum wage? Do you condemn the mom if she takes a job to support her children? This site tells of married women going to abortion mills because they feel that they can’t support another child. It is wrong to take the life of an innocent child but I don’t think that you would condemn a mom in this circumstance, having the baby and taking a job to help feed her children. I work with a lot of working mothers. They are wonderful women and contribute much to our society. We have always had working mothers. Two hundred years ago most people lived on farms. They didn’t get paychecks. They didn’t have salaries. The farmers worked hard and their wives worked hard too, they were working mothers for sure. You say that our socialist system made it that mothers would have to go to work. Do you believe this? You are a politician and ran for office. You speak often of the many powerful men you knew and know. So you have met many of our country’s leaders from what you say. You know that we don’t live in a socialist country. I don’t know what offices you held but since are a person of more power and influence than I am, why do you say “your socialist system” to me?
Mr Fisher you are right….
Dana, I read the article you posted. I found it troubling that the author seemed to suggest that Costco doesn’t benefit from Chinese slave labor, while Walmart does. This is simply not honest. I am a patron of both stores and the shelves in both are populated with Chinese goods. The truth is that many American companies which use to supply goods to both of these stores have either been put out of business, or forced to out-source because the Chinese slave labor wages allowed China to produce the same goods for well below that which American wages would necessitate the same goods to be produced and Americans were willing to buy the “slave labor” goods.
If years ago, American’s had refused to drink the “tea”, (Read the History of the Boston Tea Party), we would not be in our current position. My own father was wise about this. He refused to buy “slave labor” Chinese goods when they first hit the market, even though they were cheeper than their counterparts. If he couldn’t afford the counterpart product, which was often the case, he would make us do without. He insisted that I and the rest of my family, abide by this “no China” policy. As the years went on he simply chose to do with less and less. Unfortunately, to do this today is practically impossible. I mean can I really live without a lightbulb? (By the way our own United States Government has out lawed the incandescent light bulb, not to mention the manufacturing of the toxic mercury light bulb here in the US due to environmental regulations) My point is, each American citizen needs to look himself in the mirror first before pointing the finger.
Tracy, thanks for your thoughtful reply, but that wasn’t the point of the article or the reason I brought it up. It’s all to do with families and allowing wage earners to receive a sufficient wage that the mother could stay home and also, how the psychopathic corporations have changed how governments can function and how they’ve caused the break up of families,etc. I agree about Chinese labor, and supporting American made goods. How many women look at the labels of their clothing to see where they’re made? I used to pay extra to buy Ralph Lauren clothes because at one time they were all made in this country. Not anymore. But, to stay on subject, I wanted to focus on the economics/family issue.
I thought the same thing about the costco/walmart comparison. But remember, that even though the Chinese person only gets a small wage, without our markets, they will starve entirely. Read about the mass starvation in China during the thirties…workers have always been regarded as nothing by those in power. You may look in the mirror, but I keep my eyes open to see what the other guy’s up to! ;o) I do not feel guilty for what I cannot help. When I buy a beautiful piece of hand made linen from China, I cherish it and think of the person that made it. I found a little note in a basket from China once, and I felt such a kinship with the person that put it in, knowing they were trying to communicate to me, the buyer. Have you ever been in the harbors of New Orleans or Seattle? It’s truly overwhelming to see the thousands and thousands of box cars filled with Chinese goods waiting to be stacked on rail cars to further inundate our markets. I’ve been driving down the freeway and have seen huge machinery being carried on huge flat bed trucks to the Ohio River to sail away to China where our industries have all moved their factories…my husband retired from GE, now they’ve moved to China. Who knows where it will all end? I buy locally whenever I can and never shop at places like homedepot and target and starbucks where they give millions to samesexmarriage groups, etc. We must do what we can, and every little bit helps. God bless!
Dana, thank you for your reply. What you said really resonated with me. I still think that we need to be prudent with where we send our money. I live in a community that each September, the Chinese (self-identified) Communist neighbors of mine take down the American flag and raise the Chinese communist flag in the city park to celebrate the birthday of “New China” (this refers to the birth of Communist China) The crowds grow larger every year and so they have had to change their venue a couple of times. The Chinese are buying up resources all around the world, not to mention here in California and throughout our country. The Chinese are building up their military at the same time as this buyout of the worlds resources is going on.
Dana I agree….I wish our men would make enough so women can stay at home and raise their kids (but even today’s young men, do not appreciate their wife’s to be home, nor do they encourage it, they actually look down upon it) ….being a full time stay at home mum, sure is harder because of all the outside negativity that suppresses our values and how it views mum’s who work hard on a tight budget to be at home. I know….it’s not easy. It is the toughest job I have ever had (and continue to have, praise God) and I worked too when my kids were younger but praise God with my third child, we really made it a priority but not without some struggles and ups and down’s. Well it’s a tough subject….we certainty need support in these modern times….for we are not the normal anymore.
Our kids too sometimes feel the pressure….there are certain realities that many lack to talk about today…..I do miss Doctor Laura S….she was the only one who had a talk radio show supporting and encouraging stay at home mums….
PA you never to prove they you never know what you are talking about. More people are on the welfare roles and in poverty after 5 years Obama, a man you voted for, from a party that claims to be for the poor. Joke
should have been fail to prove.. ha
Mark do you really believe this? “People need to understand that as more money goes from the middle class to the wealthy that this hurts real families” and this? “Decline in middle incomes has contributed to more children being born out of wedlock.”
Mark, have you ever pondered how marriage and family has survived for the past 4000 years without middle class incomes?
Tracy, hundreds of years ago, women had many children but only a couple lived to reach adulthood. Also many women died in childbirth and most women didn’t live to 50 years of age. Many children ended up living with relatives or were homeless. Things were better here in America as there was a lot of land so more people survived but things weren’t so good in Europe, Asia and Africa where many people died of disease and famine. Most people were farmers and grew there own food so if the crops failed, people died.
Mark, while what you say here may be all well and true, it still doesn’t follow that a decrease in middle class incomes has anything to do with out of wedlock births. Really Mark, most of my working life I have only received a minimum wage and I have chosen not to get pregnant outside of marriage, which is still the case with me. Living by God’s laws is a choice, whether someone is rich or poor, or healthy or in bad health, or living in the city or in the country, or living in modern times or in ancient times. We either choose to follow God’s laws, in season as well as out of season, or we don’t. And either way, as you pointed out earlier, not living by God’s standards for marriage ultimately hurts children.
Tracy those are beautiful words that you charitably posted to PA….you are correct and I agree with what you just posted. You are genuine and honest…direct and to the point… your words are very clear..if he or others do not get it….then it must be their bad will.
Now back to this article …I think they should sue this newspaper…..time to fight back…..
Mark from PA.
I knew you would make the asinine comments you made above in reply to my comments.
I will answer your socialist statement above with one I used in my campaigns: “the Democrats claim to be the party of the poor, and they are! There are more people poor today because of their socialist policies than there ever would have been without those socialist policies”!
May God have mercy on your poor soul,
Kenneth M. Fisher
Kenneth, I hear you, and you’re right, but what Mark wrote is not so assinine as you may think. Please check out the website I listed. God bless you, Kenneth. Your faithfulness to truth is a lesson to all of us.
Mr. Fisher, I find it annoying when some people fawn over millionaires. I have more respect for people like our religious sisters, who take a vow of poverty, and give their lives in service to others.
No one is fawning PA, but you seem to attack the successful maybe because you aren’t
I went to Catholic school and was taught by nuns, Canisius. I was also very close to an Aunt who didn’t have a lot of money but was a very holy person. My dad had a very good job and knew half the town. I didn’t want for anything as a kid but I didn’t equate being successful with having a lot of money. My dad’s father was a Colonel in the Army (he retired as a General) during World War II and later was mayor of the town that my parents lived in then. When he was young he lived with his grandparents for a while because he didn’t get along with his mother. He joined the Marines when he was 17. He served in the Philippine Insurrection and later in World War I. After that he worked for the railroad. He was commissioned in the Army in 1940. After World War II he returned to the railroad. My mom’s parents were immigrants from Poland who had 14 children. Her dad walked to work every day. He worked for the railroad for over 40 years. He never had a car. During the depression he only worked 1 or 2 days a week at times. But he had a big garden and grew most of what they ate. I thought that being a good person was the most important thing not how much money someone had.
Canisius, not one of my mom’s brothers and sisters attended college. Most of her older brothers and sisters left school when they were 16 to go to work. Her 2 oldest sisters got jobs as live-in maids and sent money home to help support the family. When they built a mill in town my mom’s 2nd sister got a job at the mill and moved back home. My mom and her younger brothers and sisters all graduated from high school. Five of her brothers fought in World War II. The youngest brother fought in Korea. Of her brothers, 3 ended up working in textile mills, 2 worked for the railroad (like my grandfather) and one brother was a bartender at the Catholic War Veterans Club. Five of her brothers were union men. They were strong union supporters. My family are working people. The only one that had a college education was my youngest uncle’s wife. She was an elementary school teacher. Her father was an Episcopal priest. Her mom never approved of my uncle as he was Catholic and came from the wrong side of the tracks. She never really accepted him. But my family loved my aunt. Nobody in my dad’s family went to college either. He was a good student and his sister was too. My dad had a couple college courses in the army but was sent over to Europe in 1944 to take part in the Battle of the Bulge. His two brothers were not good students but both served our country. His older brother also was in the European Theater in World War II and after the war he became an electrician. His younger brother was in the army in the late 1950’s. He is a mechanic and at the moment he owns his own garage where he repairs cars. So I don’t come from people with lots of money or education but my family are heroes to me because they were and are good people. Canisius, I think you would have made out good in our family and would have fit in. It might have been hard as you might have gotten smacked if you mouthed off to any of my uncles as the men in my family didn’t take crap from kids. Maybe fear kept some in check. But you are a tough guy so you probably could have taken it.
Canisius, I could just see Mr. Fisher meeting my uncles. He would have taken one look at them and told them, “May God have mercy on your poor compromised souls.” They would have looked the other way and headed off to the bar to compromise their souls some more. My dad was a well respected businessman but he always treated everyone the same, rich and poor alike. He knew many wealthy people and was friends with them but I remember him telling me, “some of the best people that you meet are in bars”.
Mr. Fisher, last night I lead the singing at our Spanish Mass. Our guitarist doesn’t always make it. It would have been good to have you there. Do you ever attend Mass in Spanish? I think it is very beautiful. I actually understood about half of the sermon last night. The priest that said the Mass is Polish/Irish and not a native speaker of Spanish so he is easier for me to understand. May God have mercy on your soul too.
MarkfromPa wrote: “Mr. Fisher, I find it annoying when some people fawn over millionaires.”
Mark, Are you also annoyed when Catholics honor or admire the examples of the saints? I see where you proudly wrote that your eighth grade class was taken by the priest to learn about the Jewish faith at a Jewish temple. This is one of the many examples of how children were not well grounded in their own faith, yet they were brought elsewhere to learn the teachings of other religions before they knew and understood their own Catholic faith. Many children leave confused and perhaps this is why you are still confused due to a lack of proper education.
Mark you have a phobia or prejudice against the wealthy. You are also prejudice against certain teachings of the Catholic Church. Albert Einstein said, “It is harder to crack a prejudice than an atom. That should concern you Mark because it truly warns and speaks of just how stubborn an unrepentant sinner might remain.
Please reflect on your serial pattern of inconsistencies regarding your selective acceptance of Church teaching and selective acceptance of harboring a phobia against wealthy people and the people who admire dedication and hard work.
“Prejudices, it is well known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil has never been loosened or fertilised by education: they grow there, firm as weeds among stones.” …..CHARLOTTE BRONTE, Jane Eyre
Mark Davenport, Envy of another’s possessions is wrong. Envy is ugly because it is a sin to envy your neighbor whether they are rich, poor, attractive or unattractive to you. I also see that you were not being sincere when you claim to always want others to not judge certain classes of diverse people but this is exactly what you are doing here. I thought that you did not like sweeping generalizations about different groups or different classes of people. Once again you are either showing your true colors or your lack of proper catechesis when you choose to do exactly what you criticize others for doing. YOU are making a selective sweeping generalization about the wealthy and being annoyed with those who fawn over millionaires.
While it true that Jesus tells us in the Gospel according to Luke 18: [25] For it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God……Jesus also said.
[26] And they that heard it, said: Who then can be saved? [27] He said to them: The things that are impossible with men, are possible with God. [28] Then Peter said: Behold, we have left all things, and have followed thee. [29] Who said to them: Amen, I say to you, there is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God’ s sake, [30] Who shall not receive much more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting.”
Mark you owe an apology for making such a mean spirited inferences and generalization about millionaires and for harboring inner anger towards anyone who admires someone for working extremely hard and being rewarded for their hard work. You should not make sweeping generalizations about someone who inherits their wealth either. Stop misjudging an entire class of wealthy individuals because of your personal prejudice or wealthophobia. You also owe many saints an apology for your sweeping generalization about people fawning over millionaires. This shows you have not been educated in the lives of the saints. We should absolutely honor these saints who sometimes happened to also be millionaires in their time. These saints chose to *OBEY * God and stay close to God even though they happen to be wealthy. Please read what WAS made possible and what still IS possible “with God” with just two of the many examples of wealthy saints who were even richer in sanctifying grace. These saints would have never railed against God or mock Him by claiming to change God’s Natural Law.
The Story and History of Saint Edward the Confessor
The story and history of Saint Edward the Confessor. Edward was unexpectedly raised to the throne of England at the age of forty years, twenty-seven of which he had passed in exile. On the throne, the virtues of his earlier years, simplicity, gentleness, lowliness, but above all his angelic purity, shone with new brightness. By a rare inspiration of God, though he married to content his nobles and people, he preserved perfect chastity in the wedded state. So little did he set his heart on riches, that thrice when he saw a servant robbing his treasury he let him escape, saying the poor fellow needed the gold more than he. He loved to stand at his palace-gate, speaking kindly to the poor beggars and lepers who crowded about him, and many of whom he healed of their diseases. The long wars had brought the kingdom to a sad state, but Edward’s zeal and sanctity soon wrought a great change. His reign of twenty-four years was one of almost unbroken peace, the country grew prosperous, the ruined churches rose under his hand, the weak lived secure, and for ages afterwards men spoke with affection of the “laws of good St. Edward.” The holy king had a great devotion to building and enriching churches. Westminster Abbey was his latest and noblest work. He died January 5, 1066.
Feast Day of Saint Edward the Confessor
The Feast Day of Saint Edward the Confessor is October 13. The origin of Feast Days: most saints have specially designated feast days and are associated with a specific day of the year and these are referred to as the saint’s feast day. The feast days first arose from the very early Christian custom of the annual commemoration of martyrs on the dates of their deaths at the same time celebrating their birth into heaven.
St. Margaret of Scotland
St. Margaret’s biographer Turgot, Bishop of St. Andrews, credits her with having a civilizing influence on her husband Malcolm by reading him stories from the Bible. She instigated religious reform, striving to make the worship and practices of the Church in Scotland conform to those of Rome. This she did with the inspiration and guidance of Lanfranc, the future Archbishop of Canterbury.[3] She also worked to bring the Scottish Church practice in line with that of the continental church of her childhood. Due to these achievements, she was considered an exemplar of the “just ruler”, and influenced her husband and children – especially her youngest son, later David I – also to be just and holy rulers.
She attended to charitable works, serving orphans and the poor every day before she ate, and washing the feet of the poor in imitation of Christ. She rose at midnight every night to attend church services. She invited the Benedictine order to establish a monastery at Dunfermline in Fife in 1072, and established ferries at Queensferry and North Berwick to assist pilgrims journeying from south of the Forth Estuary to St. Andrews in Fife. A cave on the banks of the Tower Burn in Dunfermline was used by her as a place of devotion and prayer. St Margaret’s Cave, now covered beneath a municipal car park, is open to the public.[4] Amongst her other deeds, Margaret also instigated the restoration of the monastery at Iona.[5] She is also known to have been an intercessor for the release of fellow English exiles, forced into serfdom by the conquest.[6]
In her private life, Margaret was as devout as she was in her public duties. She spent much of her time in prayer, devotional reading, and ecclesiastical embroidery. This appears to have had a considerable affect on the more uncouth, Malcolm, who could not read; he so admired her devotion that he had her books decorated in gold and silver. One of these, a pocket Gospel with lavish images of the Evangelists, is kept at the Bodleian Library in Oxford.[7]
Malcolm seems to have been largely ignorant of the long-term effects of Margaret’s endeavours, not being especially religious himself. He was content for her to pursue her reforms as she wished, a testament to the strength and affection inherent in their marriage.
Mark, you should not be making uncharitable sweeping generalizations about the wealthy or others who value the sacrifice that comes with dedication and hard work.
Catherine, when the priest took us to the Jewish temple it was in the evening. It was a field trip. We certainly did learn the Catholic faith in grade school. In 8th Grade, this priest taught our class 2 or 3 days a week and the sister that was our homeroom teacher taught us Religion the other 2 or 3 days. Both were excellent Religion teachers. We had an excellent text, “God’s Saving Presence.” In 1st and 2nd grade we had small catechisms. From 3rd through 7th grades we studied from the Baltimore Catechism and also had Bible History books. We had Religion as the first class, 5 days a week. In 5th, 6th and 7th grade we also had a priest for Religion once a week. I thought that the priest that taught me in 8th Grade was a holy man. My dad and I were talked about him not long ago. My dad was friends with the priest and he told me something that made me realize that this priest was just as human as the rest of us. Thank you for sharing your stories about St. Edward the Confessor and St. Margaret of Scotland. I remember learning about St. Edward the Confessor in 6th Grade History. St. Margaret of Scotland is also one of my favorite saints. I was impressed by her holiness and her kindness to her subjects, especially the poor. As a child my favorite saint was St. Catherine of Alexandria. My grandmother was born in Poland and St. Catherine was her patron saint. You also mentioned Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre was one of my favorite books when I was in grade school. I actually read this book several times. I loved reading books about famous people, kings, presidents and saints. I didn’t like Henry VIII. I thought he was cruel and evil. I think Catherine of Aragon was a saint. She was faithful to Henry. I remember how even after she was shut up in a castle and dying of cancer she wrote a note to Henry saying, “My eyes desire you above all things.” Queen Elizabeth I was very interesting and a powerful queen but Queen Mary I was my favorite. I thought it was terrible how history has been unkind to her. She tried to bring back the Catholic faith to England but sadly died of cancer at a young age. She was abused by Henry as a girl and separated from her mother. I read that she dying as the priest was saying Mass for her. President Kennedy was my hero as a child. I read books about him and so admired the Kennedys. It makes me sad to read about his dark side and that of some in his family. The Shrivers were the best of the family, I think.
When I was a child I admired rich people and admit that I looked down on poor people. So when you say that I am prejudiced against rich people, I find that very odd. My dad always treated everyone alike and this made an impression on me. When I was in high school and college my views changed. I have a degree in History so this has influenced my views. The priest that taught me Religion in 11th Grade and also was the chaplin at our Newman Center was a major influence in my life. He was a major role model and like a big brother to me. He came from a poor family and he had a great love for all people but his views of wealthy people were irreligious to say the least. This priest said daily Mass for us and had a weekly Mass that was attended by several hundred students. He helped strengthen my love of the Eucharist.
You think that I am prejudiced against people that work hard, but my relatives worked hard too. I am not jealous of people with wealth. Many rich people donate much money to those less fortunate. Again, look at the Kennedys. However as a young person, I wasn’t really attracted to wealth. I wanted to be a History teacher. I worked in a store and also a hotel and worked as a substitute teacher and volunteered at my high school. I ended up with a job in human service. I can’t say that I envy people with money. If money had meant that much to me, my life would have taken another path. I just wanted to be a good person.
Catherine, when I was a teen and read about the Kennedys, I thought that Joseph Kennedy was a nasty rich man who thought he was better than everyone else. I thought it was awful that he raised his children that they had to be competitive and better than everyone else. I felt so sorry for Rosemary. (I didn’t know the whole story back then.) I thought that they sent her away because she was different. When I saw pictures, I thought that she was the prettiest of all the girls and I still feel that way. I thought that if I had been in that family that he would have sent me away too. (I was shy and didn’t like sports and thought I was homely.) I felt I had the best parents in the world, the prettiest mom and the most handsome dad. I always felt that way. I thought I was skinny and homely and was lucky to have such great parents.
I remember when I was in high school there was a girl from a wealthy family. She was younger than I was. In all of high school, I never remember her saying a word to me. I remember how pretty she was. When I was a senior, I didn’t think she was pretty anymore. She was heavy into drugs. To me she made herself ugly. I felt sorry for her because even though her family had all that money she was spiritually poor. She got married a couple months after she graduated from high school, they had a big church wedding. Within a year, her husband was dead from a drug overdose. She married a second time. She had a child but she killed this child by having an abortion. (Maybe she had more abortions, I don’t know. She never had a living child.) Her second husband left her after a few years. He got clean and sober, married a wonderful woman and raised a family. She just ran around. Maybe she would have been better to have been born in a poor family and gotten something out of 12 years of Catholic school. Feeling better than everyone else didn’t do much for her. She died before she hit 40.
MarkfromPA,
Mark, The time that it took your parish priest to take you and your 8th grade religion class on a field trip to learn other religions could have been spent teaching you to always uphold the teachings of the Catholic Church. Instead you have been taught and you have chosen to become a good and faithful servant of the false religion or false god of homosexuality.
How about this important part of the message from Katharine of Aragon?
“My most dear lord, King and husband, / *The hour of my death now drawing on, the tender love I owe you forceth me, my case being such, to commend myself to you, and to put you in remembrance with a few words of the health and safeguard of your soul which you ought to prefer before all worldly matters, and before the care and pampering of your body, for the which you have cast me into many calamities and yourself into many troubles. For my part, I pardon you everything, and I wish to devoutly pray God that He will pardon you also.*” For the rest, I commend unto you our daughter Mary, beseeching you to be a good father unto her, as I have heretofore desired. I entreat you also, on behalf of my maids, to give them marriage portions, which is not much, they being but three. For all my other servants I solicit the wages due them, and a year more, lest they be unprovided for. Lastly, I make this vow, that mine eyes desire you above all things. / Katharine the Quene.”
Mark, On one hand, Katharine of Aragon is reminding Henry about the health and safeguard of his immortal soul and she wants Henry to take an account of his sinfulness and prepare to face God for no worldly matters are as important as not offending God. On the other hand she writes that her eyes “desire you (Henry VIII ) above all things. ” She did not write that her eyes desired to please God first. Perhaps she hoped that her own tender words would save her life but they did not. Henry was absolutely thrilled when he learned that she was dead. Sound familiar? The homosexual lobby is thrilled and they cheered when they learned that they have killed morality so that they too can also commit mortal sin with reckless abandon. There is one important thing that needs to be pointed out. The homosexual lobby such as yourself and others who visit this faithful Catholic website still want to refer to themselves as faithful Catholics. At least Henry VIII knew he was no longer being faithful because the courageous saints of the Catholic Church died in order to testify to the truth. This is why homosexuality is called a disorder of denial.
Mark, It is interesting that you cannot see that the homosexual lobby has basically repeated and placed into motion the similarly cruel workings of what King Henry VIII manipulated. King Henry VIII didn’t like Church teaching either so when Henry could not have what he lusted for he whined loudly, also stomped his sinful feet, made up his own new set of excuses, teachings, rules, laws and his own false religion. He mocked, persecuted, and martyred the saints who spoke the truth.
n April, 1534, St. Thomas More refused to swear to the Act of Succession and the Oath of Supremacy, and was committed to the Tower of London on April 17. More was found guilty of treason and was beheaded alongside Bishop Fisher on July 6, 1535. More’s final words on the scaffold were: “The King’s good servant, but God’s First.” St. Thomas More was beatified in 1886 and canonized by the Catholic Church as a saint by Pope Pius XI in 1935.
Why did you change Catherine of Aragon to Katherine of Aragon?
To anon when you are raised with as an object of hate, its impossible to love sorry….
Yes, Catherine, we know you are wealthy. That does not give you the right to make things up about other people. When will you see your own prejudices and sinfulness?
Anonymous Enabler writes, “Yes, Catherine, we know you are wealthy.”
And Catherine said to the enabler: And who hath told thee that I was wealthy, but that thou hast eaten of the tree where Jesus commanded thee that thou shouldst not eat? Enabler, You are compromised and you have been listening to that serpent again.
Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius. ……Fulton J. Sheen
Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes himself get good things by jealousy, while the other does not allow his neighbour to have them through envy. ….Aristotle
Catechism of the Catholic Church
Second Edition
PART THREE
LIFE IN CHRIST
SECTION TWO
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
CHAPTER TWO
“YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF”
ARTICLE 10
THE TENTH COMMANDMENT
You shall not covet . . . anything that is your neighbor’s. . . . You shall not desire your neighbor’s house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, or his ox, or his ass, or anything that is your neighbor’s.317 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Your treasure is not supposed to be enabling homosexual lobbyists.
Catherine, I am telling you things about myself so you can change your misconceptions about me and see me as a human being, not some stereotype. I wish you would have listened to our sermon at Mass today. I remember many times I have told people that as a young person that we were taught that we were brothers and sisters in Christ. Our priest brought up the initials “WWJD” What would Jesus do? He asked if we treated others as Jesus would. He asked if we treated others as brothers and sisters in Christ. He asked if we are affirming of other people or if we are dismissive of them. He said that you can tell how Christian a person is in 5 minutes by how they treat others and speak of them. We are all called to goodness and to share our goodness with others. I wish you could have heard the whole sermon.
Catherine, I was just speaking from memory. Thank you for taking the time to look up Katharine of Aragon’s moving words and sharing them with us. Katharine knew these words would not save her life as she was dying. Thank you for also sharing the story of St. Thomas More. What is confusing to me is that you have to mix your hatred of homosexual persons into these historical stories. We know how you feel about gay people but we were talking about the wealthy and powerful, kings and queens and you seem to have a need to make fun of gay people yet again. Catherine, the people on this site know that I am a fellow Catholic. You tell me that I have been taught and have chosen to become a good and faithful servant of a false religion and a false God. In telling me this you are telling me that my Catholic religion is a false religion and that Christ, whom I received into my body and soul in communion this morning is a false God. Do you ever listen to what you say? The things that you say are so foreign to the faith that I was born into, that I am truly stunned at times by what you say. I wish that you could hear the sermons that I hear week after week at Mass. It is so different from your “Westboro Baptist” theology which frankly I find quite frightening.
Catherine, you just took Words from the Mouth of God and co-opted them for your own ends. Oh man…you have really lost whatever fear of God you ever had. Are you in a state of grace? I am not a homosexual enable but I am not a corrupter-of-the faith enabler either. I do not know why the faithful on this website don’t rebuke you, but maybe I am wrong and they are right. Maybe they are using the “give her enough rope…” philosophy. Maybe they are scared of becoming one of your targets. Anyway from now on, I will take Mark from PA’s priest’s advice and not say anything to you or about you. I am scared for you because the worst punishment God can give you is to leave you in your sins. God have mercy on you and on all those who come into contact with you. I beseech the Almighty, through the intercession of Mary, our Mother, Our Lady of Akita, Our Lady of Fatima, Our Lady of America, the Immaculate Conception to give to all of us the grace to always speak the truth and to guard our tongues so that we many always give glory to God.
” He asked if we are affirming of other people or if we are dismissive of them” Your priest is quite typical of the modern Church today and I can tell you PA non of this garbage he is telling you promotes holiness, just tolerance and that will not get you into heaven. Affirming another liberal code word for the demanded acceptance of the gay lifestyle nothing more…I will take obedience to the Will of Christ
Canisius, it has nothing to do with homosexuality. It has to do with the 2nd great commandment: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. (Mark 21:31) Also, the new commandment given to the apostles at the Last Supper: Love one another as I have loved you. (John 13:34)
Anony your attacks on Catherine are repulsive to me. Surely keeps exposing your deeply rooted errs. I am saddened and somewhat concerned(disturbed) by your comments. If you are the same Anony from other threads you are one who approves of homosexual unions or at least bring forth confusion on them since they are probably part of the desires in your heart. From the first time I read Catherine’s comments until now, she has never shown disloyalty to the faith nor has caused confusion on moral issues, so that consistency tells me her true zeal and how genuine it is.
You on the other hand are the opposite and sometimes your attacks on those who are genuine, is truly something to be concerned about. Concerning yes and confusion yes that you bring…also your attempt to discredit her is now exposed….the truth is not discredited ever but one can seek to discredit a soul, a messenger due to their bad will, they have committed a grave sin on those who give the good news message.
Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam in thy own eye, and then shalt thou see to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye. Matthew 7:5
Dear Anonymous: It is interesting, I looked up Catherine of Aragon and found the quote that Catherine quoted. It was signed Katharine the Queen so in my reply I used that spelling as it was the spelling that she herself used. This is interesting to me because my Grandmother was born Katarzyna Wasylewicz. I looked up old census records and saw her name spelled Katarzy, Catherine and Katherine but her obituary read Kathryn. She was a great queen and my grandmother was a great woman. She had 14 children, 12 of whom lived to adulthood, and lived 98 years. She was born in great poverty, she said that in the summer they didn’t even wear shoes, but she also had great riches (her family). I never heard my grandma say a bad word about anyone. Thank you to all the Anonymous people here for your kind comments and compassion.
Watch out Anonymous, Catherine is about to bate and switch the conversation to her favorite obsession: homosexuality.
abeca, I am sorry that my prayer and concern for Catherine was disturbing to you. No I am not the anonymous poster who approves of homosexual unions. Is there one? I guess in these times we live in it is not unusual for people to do so. Who would have ever thought it? Since I will not speak about Catherine, I will only say that fidelity to the Church is fidelity to the faith. Danger lurks everywhere. The evil one sometimes comes as an angel of light. You will know them by their fruits. But he cannot harm those who pray and who love. You seem to be a true believer. Again, sorry for disturbing you.
Come on, Mark from Pa., are you going to make the Koch brothers the source of all evil in contemporary American life merely because they’re SUCCESSFUL? Get over it, mr. troll, from all info. I’ve read of them, they’re an American success story that proves the power, even with all it’s flaws, of free enterprise capitalism. Stop injecting your moldy lefty ideas into the ongoing discussion taking place here. Btw, in all my reading about the Koch’s, not one story could find ANY salaciousness in their personal lives; the same can’t be said for George Soros, possibly one of your heroes, Mark / pa.? Just aking. GOD BLESS ALL,MARKRITE
Markrite, I don’t care much for George Soros either, he isn’t one of my heros. I have heard a lot of negative things about him. My heroes are poor people who give their lives in service to others. I have read quite a few things about the Koch brothers on other Catholic sites that I go to. They have also had links to articles which I read. This is the first I have heard them mentioned here. I find it tiresome how some people seem to venerate the rich.
Markrite, I don’t know anything about the personal lives of the Koch brothers or George Soros. I have heard that George Soros is an atheist. I heard about him well before I heard of the Koch Brothers. Since I am somewhat conservative (yes, really) I don’t really care for Mr. Soros. He throws his money around too, from what I hear. I have to tell you that the area that I live in usually goes Republican in presidential elections. It is kind of interesting because in every presidential election since I started voting at the age of 19, the person that I voted for carried our county. The closest election was in 2004, when George W. Bush carried our county by a narrow margin. I actually saw President Bush at a rally.
Mark from PA,
Venerate the Rich! What spaceship did you get off of? I have known several very wealthy very Catholic Gentlemen and their good wives, and I never venerated any of them, admired them, yes, venerated NO! You paint yourself as a Marxist more and more as you write here in this Site.
Your comments about attending and even leading in song a Spanish Mass means nothing as long as you continue to “support them” who practice sodomy. The last time I visited my relatives in Mexico, they still had the beautiful Mass of St. Pius V in Latin. I believe my Ancestor, Arch. Jose de La Luz Corral would not have allowed you to take part in leading the Mass unless you renounced your support for those who commit sodomy.
May God have mercy on your poor compromised soul.
Kenneth M. Fisher
Mr Fisher, when I was a young person I felt differently. I looked up to the Kennedys so much. They had money and glamor. When I was a child I had a picture of President Kennedy in my bedroom. He was my hero. I remember how the sisters in school loved him. When President Nixon was elected my dad took down the picture of President Kennedy and framed an invitation to President Nixon’s inaugural that he had received. He was active in the Republican Party and he got that invitation. I really liked Nixon too. I used to listen to his speeches. I loved Pat Nixon too and Tricia and Julie. I was so mad when they went after him. I remember his farewell speech, talking about the poorest lemon ranch in California, how his mother took care of her son and other sick children and when one of them died, it was like one of her own died. I remember him telling of how poor he was. I saw him on TV as he waved goodbye. It was heartbreaking. These men were my heroes but as I studied more history I realized that both men were far from perfect. I never watched “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous” so I am no expert on rich people for sure. I am just giving my lowly opinion.
In regard to Spanish Mass, we have a small choir with a guitarist. I am part of the choir. I am not a native speaker of Spanish. I had a couple of courses in high school and 3 courses in college. My comprehension is very limited. I was not in front of people as I am quiet and shy. A couple of the people asked me to start the singing. When the song was about to start a woman tapped me on the arm and I would start to sing and the others would follow. I just mentioned what I did as I thought that it would make you think kindly of me. I didn’t realize that it would fill your heart with anger and hate. We only had maybe 15 people at Mass and many of the people don’t speak much English so I am sure that I don’t scandalize anyone by my presence, except for perhaps the rare person that disliked “gringos”. So I guess if you were at that Mass that you would have roused the people to throw the “sodomite” out of the Church. How inspiring. May God have mercy on your nasty compromised soul.
When you speak of the Mass of St. Pius V in Latin are you speaking of the Mass used by the Society of St. Pius V? Don’t they say the Mass in Spanish in Mexico? Are any of the Indian languages used for the Masses in Mexico or is this forbidden?
Perhaps more effective than the newspaper is to place these prolife ads on billboards in strategic locations. Billboards make the greatest impact, and for a longer period. You can throw out a newspaper with a prolife ad, but you can’t throw out a billboard with the same ad.
Joe, I have to agree with you there, and there are pro-life groups who have been erecting billboards. One is TooManyAborted.com and the other one is Billboards Across America. In addition, to the billboards, they also often receive bad press from the “main stream media” which further gets the pro-life message out!
I would hope that more and more would not buy this news paper….they are censoring those with moral values….
“Why can’t the modern mind see there is nothing new in Communism/Socialism? It is a groan of despair, not the revolution that starts a new age. It is the logical development of a civilization which for the last 400 years has been forgetting God. I’m beginning to believe there are only two classes of people: those who believe and those who want to believe. The new era into which we are entering is what might be called the religious phase of human history. But do not misunderstand: by religious we do not mean that men will turn to God, but rather that the indifference to the absolute which characterized the liberal phase of civilization will be succeeded by a passion for an absolute. From now on the struggle will be not for colonies and national rights, but for the souls of men . . . The conflict of the future is between the absolute who is the God-man and the absolute which is the man-God ” – Fulton J. Sheen, Apr. 14, 1952.
The proud man counts his newspaper clippings, the humble man his blessings. ~Archbishop Fulton John Sheen