"But the word of God is not chained."

10/9/16, Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time

 "But the word of God is not chained."

"From each tiny child waiting to be born, to individuals nearing death, all are precious and deserve our care and protection" (Timothy Cardinal Dolan, USCCB 2016 Respect Life Statement).

• Prayer Vigil and Jericho March for Life (10/15/16, 11:00 - 1:00) 

• HELP US TELL TIM KAINE TO STOP INSULTING CATHOLICISM! (Priests for Life, 10/3/16)

• From Life Decisions International:   

• People of Life (USCCB, October 2016)

 

• Questions and Answers About Marriage and Same-Sex Unions (USCCB)

• Gender Theory / Gender Ideology - Select Teaching Resources (USCCB)

• Marriage Unique for a Reason (USCCB, October 2016)

• Friday Fax (C-Fam, 10/6/16)

• Statement Calling for Constitutional Resistance to Obergefell v. Hodges 

Click to Email Pa's Congressional Delegation, asking for support of positions backed by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops

(i.e.,

·         Support the Conscience Protection Act,

·         Support the Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act,

·         Support the First Amendment Defense Act, 

·         Support the Russell Amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act, 

·         Oppose “confiscation of Christian lands in Cremisan Valley”).

Click to Email the governor, as well as all of Bucks County's representatives and senators in Harrisburg, on pro life and pro marriage / family concerns

(i.e.,

·         YES to HB1623, HB1948/SB888; 

·         NO to Planned Parenthood, SB 1350 / HB 2332 (repealing Act 122 of 2011), repealing Act 13 of 2013, HB1336, HB1510/SB 974/SB 1306/SB1307/SB 1316, HB 1947, HB 162, and doctor prescribed suicide.)

Other News....

• Our Lady of the Rosary (10/7/16)

• Holy See to UN: Only ‘Culture of Encounter’ Can Be Lasting Remedy to Terrorism (Zenit, 10/7/16)

• Holy See to UN: Migration Forces Change, But Change Can Mean Growth (Zenit, 10/7/16)

• New UN secretary general nominee a committed Catholic (EWTN/CNA, 10/7/16)

• Pope offers prayer, support for a Haiti devastated by hurricane Matthew (EWTN/CNA, 10/7/16)
  

• Six dead after al-Qaeda ally attacks Christians in Kenya border town (EWTN/CNA, 10/7/16)

• Call to Prayer (USCCB, 10/7/16)

• Is this bishop right about the rosary conquering Boko Haram? (EWTN/CNA, 10/6/16)

• Saint Faustina (8/25/1905 - 10/5/1938)

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• "St. Francis of Assisi is widely known for his life of poverty and love of creation. But there’s a lesser-known side to the friar as well – a side that showed a deep reverence for the Eucharist and attentive care to the sacred vessels at Mass....St. Francis is often cited as an example of poverty – he and his friars worked and begged for just enough food and resources to survive. The saint is also known for his love of creation, and statutes of the friar adorn many gardens. He is the patron of animals, ecology, and the environment and wrote the Canticle of the Sun where he praises God and His creation.  But the saint loved God first and creation in its proper order, stressed Fr. Augustine Thompson, O.P., a biographer of St. Francis....And while he preached peace and some may have seen him as 'gentle' and perhaps 'weak,' there was a 'very demanding side of him,' Br. William added, as Francis demanded much not only of himself but also of his fellow friars in following Christ.... Another lesser-known side of Francis is the deeply religious and pious man who put a strict emphasis on care for the sacred vessels at Mass, reverence for the Eucharist, and obedience to the Church.... Francis also drew a 'very strong connection between the Eucharist and the Nativity,' he added, 'that for him, his devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary as the one who gives to the faithful the body of her son, is mirrored in the action of the priest at the Eucharist'....” (Will the real St. Francis please stand up?, EWTN/CNA, 10/7/16)