Archive for November 2006
A Blessing
Posted by: Jennifer Martinez on: Sunday, 26 November 2006
This makes me very happy …
While we’re on the subject, there are two very special people, souls, that I love and greatly admire. I wish I could receive spiritual training from them. Oh I can in books and videos, but oh how I wish I had Mother Angelica and Father John Corapi in my life.
Turkish Minister Will Ask Pope To Lie
Posted by: Jennifer Martinez on: Sunday, 26 November 2006
Turkey’s religious-affairs minister has announced that during his visit next week, Pope Benedict XVI (bio – news) should declare that Islam is a religion of peace.
But it is not a religion of peace. How can you ask, demand, that my beloved Pope, who represents me before God Almighty, lie to the American people, lie to [...]
Psalm 108
Posted by: Jennifer Martinez on: Sunday, 26 November 2006
Verse 11-13 reads: Have you rejected us, O God? Will you no longer march with our armies? Oh, please help us against our enemies, for all human help is useless. With God’s help we will do mighty things, for he will trample down our foes.
and this I believe.
2 Timothy 3:16-17
Posted by: Jennifer Martinez on: Saturday, 25 November 2006
All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work. – (New American Standard Bible)
A Theoligian’s Report on President Bush
Posted by: Jennifer Martinez on: Saturday, 25 November 2006
According to Jeff Robinson of the Baptist Press: The presidency of George W. Bush has been a success from an evangelical Christian perspective because it has increased freedom for Gospel proclamation across the globe, theologian Wayne A. Grudem said in a presentation during the Evangelical Theological Society’s Nov. 14-16 annual meeting. Grudem is a research [...]
Religious Freedom in Vietnam
Posted by: Jennifer Martinez on: Saturday, 25 November 2006
The State Department has removed Vietnam from its list of the world’s worst violators of religious freedom in spite of advice to the contrary from a nonpartisan panel. Vietnam became the first CPC to make enough improvements to be upgraded from a State Department classification reserved for governments practicing or permitting particularly severe violations of [...]
Ethiopia Prepares For War With Somalia
Posted by: Jennifer Martinez on: Saturday, 25 November 2006
Somalia, hell on earth, may get another shot at warmaking. The Washington Times reports: Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said yesterday that his country has completed preparations for war with neighboring Somalia’s powerful Islamist movement, alongside faltering peace efforts. Mr. Meles told parliament that the Islamists, who have declared holy war on Ethiopian troops deployed to Somalia [...]
Just Another Day
Posted by: Jennifer Martinez on: Friday, 24 November 2006
In a rare display of humanity towards fellow man, militiamen in Baghdad grabbed six Sunnis as they left Friday worship services, doused them with kerosene and burned them alive as Iraqi soldiers stood by, and seven Sunni mosques came under attack as Shi’ites took revenge for the slaughter of at least 215 persons in the Sadr [...]
“My Son Is An Honest Man”
Posted by: Jennifer Martinez on: Friday, 24 November 2006
Former President George Bush took on Arab critics of son President George W. Bush during a testy exchange at a leadership conference in the United Arab Emirates. Some dumb bitch in the audience told the former president: “We do not respect your son. We do not respect what he’s doing all over the world.” Mr. [...]
Somalia’s Invite
Posted by: Jennifer Martinez on: Thursday, 23 November 2006
Somalia’s Islamic militia on Thursday invited U.S. government leaders to visit the capital, Mogadishu. The United States — which accuses the Council of Islamic Courts of having ties to al-Qaida — should see for itself that the city is under control, Ibrahim Hassan Adow, the Islamists’ foreign affairs chief, told The Associated Press. “We invite [...]
McCain Calls for More Troops
Posted by: Jennifer Martinez on: Sunday, 19 November 2006
Senator John McCain said Sunday the U.S. must send an overwhelming number of troops to stabilize Iraq or face the possibility of more attacks in the region and on American soil. “I believe the consequences of failure are catastrophic. It will spread to the region. You will see Iran more emboldened. Eventually, you could [...]
Prayer Before Bible Reading
Posted by: Jennifer Martinez on: Monday, 13 November 2006
Heavenly Father, as I come to Your Word, I ask for the guidance of Your Holy Spirit. May He open my eyes to Your truths and give insight into Your Word. Help me to apply what I learn to my life.
The Highest Honor
Posted by: Jennifer Martinez on: Sunday, 12 November 2006
President Bush said yesterday he will bestow the nation’s highest award for valor to a Marine from upstate New York who dove on a grenade to save his buddies in Iraq. The Medal of Honor will go posthumously to Cpl. Jason Dunham of Scio, N.Y., who would have been 25 years old yesterday – the [...]
I Remember You
Posted by: Jennifer Martinez on: Saturday, 11 November 2006
Born this day in 1885 was General George S. Patton, one of my heroes. Do today’s Generals have the balls that Patton had? I doubt it; especially now that everyone except me is politically correct. Such a shame. Anyway, during WWII the Great General led the US Third Army and together they kicked the fuckin’ nazis’ [...]
Today’s Highlights
Posted by: Jennifer Martinez on: Friday, 10 November 2006
I like interesting little tidbits like these, makes me think:
The USMC’s Iwo Jima War Memorial was dedicated in Rosslyn, Virginia today in 1954. OOORRAAHHH !
Sesame Street debuted on TV for the first time today in 1969.
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC, opened to visitors today in 1982.
More details are uncovered regarding the killing of Ranger Pat Tillman [...]
Daily Bible Verse
- Matthew 5:7"Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy."
- Roger Lauder: I do hope the good Lord has kept the light shining for Stephanie Shughart God be with you always
- romeo g agravante, jr: Yes, always, the most Glorious Holy Archangel Michael come for help once we call the Most Holy Trinity. Nothing to be fear he will always guides us th
- Lilli Lee Buck: Michael came to me once in l970. He told me "I give you the sword of the spirit into your hand. Take it and fight evil."
CatholicCulture.org – What You Need to Know
- Matrimony Monday, 20 July 2009While the nature of matrimony as both a natural and supernatural institution is covered in the entry on Marriage, matrimony can also be considered primarily from the point of view of its sacramental celebration and the nature of the sacramental bond.
- Subsidiarity Tuesday, 6 January 2009The social teaching of the Church is based on the human person as the principle, subject and object of every social organization. Subsidiarity is one of the core principles of this teaching. This principle holds that human affairs are best handled at the lowest possible level, closest to the affected pesons.
- Anointing of the Sick Monday, 5 January 2009Anointing of the Sick is that sacrament which is administered to strengthen Christians who are in danger of death from sickness or old age. The Apostle James refers to this sacrament when he says, "Is any among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord; and the prayer […]
- Trinity Thursday, 30 October 2008It is not easy to describe the Trinity, let alone understand this great mystery of the Catholic Faith. Perhaps the most important thing we can say about the Trinity is that the one and only God is truly a dynamic and self-sufficient community of love, and is therefore the source, model and goal of all other love. Thus does God reveal Himself as Father, Son a […]
- Abortion Friday, 25 July 2008Abortion is the greatest single scourge of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, claiming far more innocent lives than any other threat, including war, poverty, starvation and natural disasters. This grave moral evil is also the centerpiece of the contemporary culture wars which divide most Western nations, particularly the United States, whic […]
- Rosary Tuesday, 22 July 2008The Rosary is one of the most widespread devotional practices in the Catholic world, and has been more often encouraged and recommended by popes through the ages than any other devotion save the Mass itself. Strongly associated with the Blessed Virgin Mary, and relying on the power of her intercession with her Divine Son, the Rosary makes use of a simple str […]
- Apologetics Thursday, 24 January 2008As soon as one understands that apologetics comes from the Greek word for defense (apologetikos), the term becomes very easy to understand. Apologetics is a branch of study which aims to explain and justify Christian doctrine, demonstrating its reasonableness in the face of objections by those who do not accept it. Doing apologetics means defending the faith […]
- Modernism Thursday, 17 January 2008As the name implies, Modernism is an ideology by which religious truths, and especially Catholic teachings, are derived and interpreted in accordance with personal religious experience, under the influence of the spirit of the current age. First emerging in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Modernism was condemned by Pope St. Pius X in 1907. It resurfa […]
