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

Tuesday, December 31, 2019

Mary, the Mother of God

Traditional Date of the Epiphany (1/6)
The Epiphany (1/5)
Christmas Weekday (1/3)
Sts Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen (1/2)
Mary, the Mother of God (1/1)
7th Day in the Octave of Christmas (12/31)
  • The Octave Day of Christmas, Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God (1/1/20)
http://www.roman-catholic-saints.com/our-lady-of-vladimir.html
  • Nigerian diocesan spokesman: Bridal party beheaded en route to wedding (Crux, 12/31/19) 
    • Islamic State Group In Nigeria Reportedly Executes Christian Hostages (NPR, 12/27/19)
      • "The most populous nation in Africa, Nigeria for years has faced attacks and kidnappings by the Islamist militant group Boko Haram. The group is estimated to have killed tens of thousands over the last decade. Christians are targeted, sometimes in attacks during Mass. But the Catholics in Nigeria hold fast to the faith 'unto death'" (Catholic News Agency, 2/21/19)  
        • "We...hereby express our concern with regard to the persistent and continuous propagation and globalization of the homosexual lifestyle and the effort to redefine marriage which is a distorted view of human sexuality, coming especially from the Western world....we pray that God will grant us all the courage, integrity and perseverance needed at this time to uphold the unchangeable truth about the dignity of human sexuality and the sanctity of the institution of marriage" (Catholic Bishops of Nigeria, July 2015).
  • A sample of what can be said from pulpits and bulletins, when we unflinchingly hold to the truths the Church teaches about the sanctity of human life and of marriage/family (12/29/19)
  • New York Synagogue Attack: Machete-Wielding Suspect Captured In NYC After At Least 5 People Wounded In Monsey (CBS New York, 12/28/19)  
  • "A Hidden Life" is the love story of Franz and Fani Jägerstätter and their children. Franz was beheaded for refusing a loyalty oath to Hitler and has subsequently been beatified. Fani should also be beatified! During his lifetime. Deacon Stephen Greydanus (National Catholic Register, 12/11/19) tells us: "Franz has no reason to think that even his neighbors... will ever think of him as anything but a misguided traitor (and, indeed, for decades after the war, that is precisely how he was remembered)." The deacon shares a quote from George Eliot, which the film maker uses in the closing credits: "the growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistorical acts; and that things are not so ill with you and me as they might have been, is half owing to the number who lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs"
  • Film to portray Catholic woman who saved Jewish children in WWII (CNA, 12/23/19) 

National Concerns

  • NO to "the Shaheen amendment...[in] the Senate’s State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs (SFOPS) appropriations bill" (Human Life Action).
  • Support H. Con. Res. 79, that assisted suicide is a “deadly, discriminatory and non-compassionate practice” (USCCB) 
  • Support S. 2394/HR2529, the New START Nuclear Weapons Treaty (USCCB) 
  • Support the Heartbeat Bill, HR 3985 (cf, LifeSite)
  • Support the Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act (cf, USCCB)
    • Support the Equal Campus Access Act, HR3243/S1168 (USCCB)
    • Support the Farm Workforce Modernization Act (cf., USCCB)

    Commonwealth of Pa

    (Pa Catholic Conference Legislative Review and Voter Voice)
    • Support the Telemedicine Bill (SB 857) as passed by the Pa House (Pa Catholic Conf)
    • Please ask the governor, Pa Senate and Pa Assembly for a religious exemption for adoptions (Pa Catholic Conference) (See also the Pa Family Council link.)
    • Call for Funding Increase for Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) (Pa Catholic Conference)  
      • Please ask Governor Wolf to SIGN House Bill 800 on the Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) (Pa Catholic Conference)

    The Garden State

    • Support the NJ Born Alive Survivors Protection Act A5287/S3905 (NJRTL)
    • Express your disapproval of the passage of  S4103/ A5802 (NJRTL)

    We never bought your attempts to play with words. 
    We knew that Planned Parenthood was all about abortion...

    God Calls Us to Protect the Innocent!

    (Pharmacists for Life International)

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    Sunday, December 29, 2019

    " A Hidden Life" is the perfect movie for the Solemnity of the Holy Family

    "A Hidden Life" tells the love story of Franz and Fani Jägerstätter and their children.  Franz was beheaded for refusing a loyalty oath to Hitler and has subsequently been beatified.  Watching this movie will leave you with no doubt that his marvelous young bride should also be beatified!

    As noted by Deacon Stephen Greydanus (National Catholic Register, 12/11/19), "Franz has no reason to think that even his neighbors...will ever think of him as anything but a misguided traitor (and, indeed, for decades after the war, that is precisely how he was remembered)."  The deacon shares a quote from George Eliot, which the film maker uses in the closing credits:
      "the growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistorical acts; and that things are not so ill with you and me as they might have been, is half owing to the number who lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs"


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    Saturday, December 28, 2019

    A wife, a husband and their kids = family

    Traditional Date of the Epiphany (1/6)
    The Epiphany (1/5)
    Christmas Weekday (1/3)
    Sts Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen (1/2)
    Mary, the Mother of God (1/1)
    Message of Pope Francis for the 53rd World Day of Peace (1/1)
    7th Day in the Octave of Christmas (12/31)
    6th Day in the Octave of Christmas (12/30)
    The Holy Family (12/29)


    https://restoredtraditions.com/collections/high-res-jesus-christ-stock-art-images-download/products/holy-family-chambers
    http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p3s2c2a4.htm

    What the Catechism proclaims about the family....



    What Saint Joseph NEVER Needed to Worry About....

    • U.S. bishops praise rule publicizing abortion 'surcharge' in health plan exchanges (CNA, 12/23/19) 
    • Film to portray Catholic woman who saved Jewish children in WWII (CNA, 12/23/19) 

    National Concerns

    • NO to "the Shaheen amendment...[in] the Senate’s State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs (SFOPS) appropriations bill" (Human Life Action).
    • Support H. Con. Res. 79, that assisted suicide is a “deadly, discriminatory and non-compassionate practice” (USCCB) 
    • Support S. 2394/HR2529, the New START Nuclear Weapons Treaty (USCCB) 
    • Support the Heartbeat Bill, HR 3985 (cf, LifeSite)
    • Support the Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act (cf, USCCB)
      • Support the Equal Campus Access Act, HR3243/S1168 (USCCB)
      • Support the Farm Workforce Modernization Act (cf., USCCB)

      Commonwealth of Pa

      (Pa Catholic Conference Legislative Review and Voter Voice)
      • Support the Telemedicine Bill (SB 857) as passed by the Pa House (Pa Catholic Conf)
      • Please ask the governor, Pa Senate and Pa Assembly for a religious exemption for adoptions (Pa Catholic Conference) (See also the Pa Family Council link.)
      • Call for Funding Increase for Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) (Pa Catholic Conference)  
        • Please ask Governor Wolf to SIGN House Bill 800 on the Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) (Pa Catholic Conference)

      The Garden State

      • Support the NJ Born Alive Survivors Protection Act A5287/S3905 (NJRTL)
      • Express your disapproval of the passage of  S4103/ A5802 (NJRTL)

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      Thursday, December 26, 2019

      What Saint Joseph NEVER Needed to Worry About....


      (the late Deacon Manny Garcia's homily for the Feast of the Holy Family)

         

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        "A man and a woman united in marriage, together with their children, form a family...."

        Traditional Date of the Epiphany (1/6)
        The Epiphany (1/5)
        Christmas Weekday (1/3)
        Sts Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen (1/2)
        Mary, the Mother of God (1/1)
        Message of Pope Francis for the 53rd World Day of Peace (1/1)
        7th Day in the Octave of Christmas (12/31)
        6th Day in the Octave of Christmas (12/30)
        St John, Apostle and Evangelist (12/27)
        https://restoredtraditions.com/collections/high-res-jesus-christ-stock-art-images-download/products/holy-family-chambers
        http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p3s2c2a4.htm

        What Saint Joseph NEVER Needed to Worry About....
        (the late Deacon Manny Garcia's homily for the Feast of the Holy Family)

         


        What the Catechism proclaims about the family....

        • U.S. bishops praise rule publicizing abortion 'surcharge' in health plan exchanges (CNA, 12/23/19) 
        • Film to portray Catholic woman who saved Jewish children in WWII (CNA, 12/23/19) 

        National Concerns

        • NO to "the Shaheen amendment...[in] the Senate’s State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs (SFOPS) appropriations bill" (Human Life Action).
        • Support H. Con. Res. 79, that assisted suicide is a “deadly, discriminatory and non-compassionate practice” (USCCB) 
        • Support S. 2394/HR2529, the New START Nuclear Weapons Treaty (USCCB) 
        • Support the Heartbeat Bill, HR 3985 (cf, LifeSite)
        • Support the Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act (cf, USCCB)
          • Support the Equal Campus Access Act, HR3243/S1168 (USCCB)
          • Support the Farm Workforce Modernization Act (cf., USCCB)

          Commonwealth of Pa

          (Pa Catholic Conference Legislative Review and Voter Voice)
          • Support the Telemedicine Bill (SB 857) as passed by the Pa House (Pa Catholic Conf)
          • Please ask the governor, Pa Senate and Pa Assembly for a religious exemption for adoptions (Pa Catholic Conference) (See also the Pa Family Council link.)
          • Call for Funding Increase for Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) (Pa Catholic Conference)  
            • Please ask Governor Wolf to SIGN House Bill 800 on the Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) (Pa Catholic Conference)

          The Garden State

          • Support the NJ Born Alive Survivors Protection Act A5287/S3905 (NJRTL)
          • Express your disapproval of the passage of  S4103/ A5802 (NJRTL)

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          Tuesday, December 24, 2019

          Merry Christmas!

          Traditional Date of the Epiphany (1/6)
          The Epiphany (1/5)
          Christmas Weekday (1/3)
          Sts Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen (1/2)
          Mary, the Mother of God (1/1)
          Message of Pope Francis for the 53rd World Day of Peace (1/1)
          7th Day in the Octave of Christmas (12/31)
          6th Day in the Octave of Christmas (12/30)
          The Holy Family (12/29)
          St John, Apostle and Evangelist (12/27)
          Christmas

          National Concerns

          • NO to "the Shaheen amendment...[in] the Senate’s State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs (SFOPS) appropriations bill" (Human Life Action).
          • Support H. Con. Res. 79, that assisted suicide is a “deadly, discriminatory and non-compassionate practice” (USCCB) 
          • Support S. 2394/HR2529, the New START Nuclear Weapons Treaty (USCCB) 
          • Support the Heartbeat Bill, HR 3985 (cf, LifeSite)
          • Support the Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act (cf, USCCB)
            • Support the Equal Campus Access Act, HR3243/S1168 (USCCB)
            • Support the Farm Workforce Modernization Act (cf., USCCB)

            Commonwealth of Pa

            (Pa Catholic Conference Legislative Review and Voter Voice)
            • Support the Telemedicine Bill (SB 857) as passed by the Pa House (Pa Catholic Conf)
            • Please ask the governor, Pa Senate and Pa Assembly for a religious exemption for adoptions (Pa Catholic Conference) (See also the Pa Family Council link.)
            • Call for Funding Increase for Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) (Pa Catholic Conference)  
              • Please ask Governor Wolf to SIGN House Bill 800 on the Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) (Pa Catholic Conference)

            The Garden State

            • Support the NJ Born Alive Survivors Protection Act A5287/S3905 (NJRTL)
            • Express your disapproval of the passage of  S4103/ A5802 (NJRTL)

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            Sunday, December 22, 2019

            Christmas Eve

            https://youtu.be/qcVEKGu8S_0

            http://www.custodia.org/default.asp?id=1884




            National Concerns

            • NO to "the Shaheen amendment...[in] the Senate’s State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs (SFOPS) appropriations bill" (Human Life Action).
            • Support H. Con. Res. 79, that assisted suicide is a “deadly, discriminatory and non-compassionate practice” (USCCB) 
            • Support S. 2394/HR2529, the New START Nuclear Weapons Treaty (USCCB) 
            • Support the Heartbeat Bill, HR 3985 (cf, LifeSite)
            • Support the Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act (cf, USCCB)
              • Support the Equal Campus Access Act, HR3243/S1168 (USCCB)
              • Support the Farm Workforce Modernization Act (cf., USCCB)

              Commonwealth of Pa

              (Pa Catholic Conference Legislative Review and Voter Voice)
              • Support the Telemedicine Bill (SB 857) as passed by the Pa House (Pa Catholic Conf)
              • Please ask the governor, Pa Senate and Pa Assembly for a religious exemption for adoptions (Pa Catholic Conference) (See also the Pa Family Council link.)
              • Call for Funding Increase for Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) (Pa Catholic Conference)  
                • Please ask Governor Wolf to SIGN House Bill 800 on the Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) (Pa Catholic Conference)

              The Garden State

              • Support the NJ Born Alive Survivors Protection Act A5287/S3905 (NJRTL)
              • Express your disapproval of the passage of  S4103/ A5802 (NJRTL)
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              St Stephen, Dec 26

              "The day after the Solemnity of Christmas, we are celebrating today the Feast of St Stephen, deacon and the first martyr.

              "At first glance, the memory of the 'Protomartyr' alongside the birth of the Redeemer can leave us perplexed due to the striking contrast between the peace and joy of Bethlehem and the drama of Stephen, stoned in Jerusalem in the first persecutions against the newborn Church.

              "In reality, the apparent contradiction is overcome if we consider more in depth the mystery of Christmas.

              "The Child Jesus who lays in the grotto is the only-begotten Son of God who became man. He will save humanity by dying on the Cross. Now we see Him in swaddling clothes in the manger; after His crucifixion He will be clad anew in bandages and laid in a sepulchre.

              "It is not by chance that Christmas iconography sometimes depicts the Divine Newborn carefully lain in a little sarcophagus in order to indicate that the Redeemer is born to die, is born to give His life in ransom for all.

              "St Stephen was the first to follow in the footsteps of Christ with his martyrdom. He died, like the divine Master, pardoning and praying for his killers (cf. Acts 7: 60).

              "In the first four centuries of Christianity, all the saints venerated by the Church were martyrs. They were a countless body that the liturgy calls 'the white-robed army of martyrs', martyrum candidatus exercitus. Their death did not rouse fear and sadness, but spiritual enthusiasm that gave rise to ever new Christians.

              "For believers the day of death, and even more the day of martyrdom, is not the end of all; rather, it is the 'transit' towards immortal life. It is the day of definitive birth, in Latin, dies natalis. The link that exists then between the 'dies natalis' of Christ and the dies natalis of St Stephen is understood.

              "If Jesus was not born on earth, humankind could not be born unto Heaven. Specifically, because Christ is born, we can be 'reborn'!

              "Mary, who held the Redeemer in her arms at Bethlehem, also suffers an interior martyrdom herself. She shared his passion and had to take Him yet again in her arms when He was taken down from the Cross. To this Mother, who knew the joy of His birth and the torment of the death of her Divine Son, we entrust all those who are persecuted and suffering in various ways for their witness and service to the Gospel.

              "With special spiritual closeness, I also think of those Catholics who maintain their fidelity to the See of Peter without ceding to compromises, sometimes at the price of grave sufferings. The whole Church admires their example and prays that they have the strength to persevere, knowing that their tribulations are the font of victory, even if at that moment they can seem a failure. To everyone, once again, Merry Christmas!" (Pope Benedict XVI, 12/26/06)
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              Saturday, December 21, 2019

              H. Con. Res. 79 and more....

              • French philosopher documents deadly persecution of Nigerian Christians (Aletia, 12/19/19)
              • Aleppo priest says dire Christmas awaits Christians trapped by Syria's civil war (Crux, 12/18/19) 
              • Hallmark Announced They Are Reinstating Zola Ad – Sign the Boycott Hallmark Pledge! (1MM, 12/17/19)   
              • "We can be very confident that the holy sites we see today, were the holy sites of old—the very places where God and the saints walked and where we can walk today" (Steve Ray, 12/18/19). 
              https://twitter.com/Bishopoftyler/status/1206339669866270720
              • "A war of words has broken out between the U.S. Ambassador to Zambia Daniel Foote and the government of Zambia over that conservative country’s laws on homosexual behavior. The U.S. Ambassador has even threatened to withhold financial aid to this AIDS ravaged African country....Zambia’s foreign minister, Joseph Malanji, said he would file a formal complaint with the U.S. State Department. Malanji accused Foote of acting in his personal capacity, without direction from U.S. President Donald J. Trump" (C-Fam, 12/13/19).
              • U.S. Funds Still Being Used to Promote Abortion Abroad, Despite Administration’s Pro-life Position (C-Fam, 12/11/19) 
              • Burkina Faso bishop: ‘the West is ignoring the plight of Christians in West Africa’ (Vatican News, 12/5/19) 
              • ACN-USA’s “Night of Witness” focused on plight of persecuted Christians in Sri Lanka, the Philippines and Pakistan (Aletia, 11/29/19)

              4th Sunday of Advent
              (Signed Homily)

              National Concerns

              • NO to "the Shaheen amendment...[in] the Senate’s State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs (SFOPS) appropriations bill" (Human Life Action).
              • Support H. Con. Res. 79, that assisted suicide is a “deadly, discriminatory and non-compassionate practice” (USCCB) 
              • Support S. 2394/HR2529, the New START Nuclear Weapons Treaty (USCCB) 
              • Support the Heartbeat Bill, HR 3985 (cf, LifeSite)
              • Support the Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act (cf, USCCB)
                • Support the Equal Campus Access Act, HR3243/S1168 (USCCB)
                • Support the Farm Workforce Modernization Act (cf., USCCB)

                Commonwealth of Pa

                (Pa Catholic Conference Legislative Review and Voter Voice)
                • Support the Telemedicine Bill (SB 857) as passed by the Pa House (Pa Catholic Conf)
                • Please ask the governor, Pa Senate and Pa Assembly for a religious exemption for adoptions (Pa Catholic Conference) (See also the Pa Family Council link.)
                • Call for Funding Increase for Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) (Pa Catholic Conference)  
                  • Please ask Governor Wolf to SIGN House Bill 800 on the Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) (Pa Catholic Conference)

                The Garden State

                • Support the NJ Born Alive Survivors Protection Act A5287/S3905 (NJRTL)
                • Express your disapproval of the passage of  S4103/ A5802 (NJRTL)
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                Wednesday, December 18, 2019

                Direct assault from Evil One! Amazon and B&N carrying Satanic book for kids!

                This SHOULD wake up EVERY PASTOR who is not including the Prayer to St Michael the Archangel at Mass!
                • Exorcists Condemn Children’s Book on Summoning Demons (Thomas Williams, PhD, 12/17/19)  
                  • Retail Giant Amazon Selling Children's Book with Satanic Sigils to Summon Demons (CBN News) 
                  • Urge Barnes and Noble to Stop Selling Satanic Children's Books (Return to Order)

                • "On December 16, 2019, the New Jersey Senate [shamefully] passed A5802//S4103 ....The bill now goes to Governor Murphy who [disgracefully] said he would sign the bill" (NJRTL, 12/17/19).
                • Hallmark Announced They Are Reinstating Zola Ad – Sign the Boycott Hallmark Pledge! (1MM, 12/17/19) 
                • The Ukraine Religious Freedom Support Act "introduced in the House of Representatives [aims] to hold Russia accountable for what Congressmen claim is the persecution of religious groups in occupied territories of the Ukraine" (CNA, 12/16/19)

                4th Sunday of Advent
                (Signed Homily)

                National Concerns

                • NO to "the Shaheen amendment...[in] the Senate’s State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs (SFOPS) appropriations bill" (Human Life Action).
                • Support the Heartbeat Bill, HR 3985 (cf, LifeSite)
                • Support the Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act (cf, USCCB)
                • Born-Alive Legislation Deserves a Vote in the People's House (USCCB) 
                  • Support the Equal Campus Access Act, HR3243/S1168 (USCCB)
                  • Comment to support the Trump Admin's proposed HHS rule change (USCCB)
                  • Support the Farm Workforce Modernization Act (cf., USCCB)

                  Commonwealth of Pa

                  (Pa Catholic Conference Legislative Review and Voter Voice)
                  • Support the Telemedicine Bill (SB 857) as passed by the Pa House (Pa Catholic Conf)
                  • Please ask the governor, Pa Senate and Pa Assembly for a religious exemption for adoptions (Pa Catholic Conference) (See also the Pa Family Council link.)
                  • Call for Funding Increase for Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) (Pa Catholic Conference)  
                    • Please ask Governor Wolf to SIGN House Bill 800 on the Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) (Pa Catholic Conference)

                  The Garden State

                  • Support the NJ Born Alive Survivors Protection Act A5287/S3905 (NJRTL)
                  • Express your disapproval of the passage of  S4103/ A5802 (NJRTL)
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