in Pennsylvania's First Congressional District
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania's_1st_congressional_district http://archphila.org/pastplan/MAPS/Arch.pdf
and the Central Garden State

Monday, June 28, 2021

“a thorn in the flesh was given to me…. Three times I begged the Lord about this, that it might leave me, but He said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness’" (7/4/21) .

 Memorial of Sts Joachim & Anne, Jesus' grandparents, July 26 
(53rd Anniversary of Humanae Vitae)
(Memorial of St Katerina Tekawitha)

(Click above image for signed homily and unofficial voice translation.)

Solemnity of Sts. Peter & Paul, Paul, Apostles, June 28

  • Francis Cheers ‘Pastoral Zeal’ Of LGBT Crusader ([Orthodox Christian & former Catholic] Rod Dreher, 6/27/21)

  • Unlike "Courage," it appears to this blogger that Father James Martin, SJ, makes an idol of what might rightfully be recognized one type of "thorn in the flesh."  Let us pray that the Holy Father has not been hoodwinked:

    • "I think I’ve finally wrapped my mind around Fr James Martin SJ’s method for undermining sound doctrine and leading souls astray without ever actually committing heresy....there’s always one element left unsaid; one point deliberately evaded.... Fr Martin must, for his argument to work, evade the issue of sex and its proper place in marriage. By being so evasive, he can avoid having to answer whether he thinks the Church is right that marriage is solely the union of a man and a woman....Martin knows that getting the right answer depends upon asking the right question; and so he refuses to ask it." (Catholic Herald, 6/2/21)
      • As per earlier confusing words from Pope Francis: “Homosexuals have a right to be a part of the family. They’re children of God and have a right to a family. Nobody should be thrown out, or be made miserable because of it....What we have to create is a civil union law. That way they are legally covered....I stood up for that.” (National Catholic Register, 10/21/2020)
      • As per an even more confusing "explanation": "the references involved civil unions. The Holy Father has consistently affirmed the sacrament of marriage as a union between one man and one woman on many occasions just as he has affirmed the need to treat all people with respect and dignity. The recent comments underscore the Holy Father’s previous calls for pastoral and cultural sensitivity to the many different journeys of those who walk through life around us" (Archdiocese of Philadelphia, 10/22/2020).
    • "The Church teaches that respect for homosexual persons cannot lead in any way to approval of homosexual behaviour or to legal recognition of homosexual unions. The common good requires that laws recognize, promote and protect marriage as the basis of the family, the primary unit of society. Legal recognition of homosexual unions or placing them on the same level as marriage would mean not only the approval of deviant behaviour, with the consequence of making it a model in present-day society, but would also obscure basic values which belong to the common inheritance of humanity. The Church cannot fail to defend these values, for the good of men and women and for the good of society itself" (approved by St Pope John Paul II on 3/28/03)
  • National Centre for Padre Pio (6/26/21)
  • A Petition to the Supreme Court of the United States from the People of the United States (My Faith Votes, 6/24/21)
  • SFLA Joins ALL Asking USCCB to Enforce Canon 915! (6/11/21)
  • CLICK for a 5/28/21 scorecard for the NJ & Pa delegations on select bills, re: life and marriage/family
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