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Tuesday, June 30, 2015
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• Supreme Court: Obama Admin Cant Make Religious Groups Obey Pro-Abortion HHS Mandate
• Pro-Life Chris Christie Announces Campaign as He Vetoes Planned Parenthood Funding a 6th Time
• Former Abortionist Recalls Baby Born Alive During Abortion Who Lived for Several Days
• Annie Had Anencephaly and Only Lived 15 Hours, But She Did Something Amazing Before She Died
More Pro-Life News
• Dismemberment Abortions Slice and Crush Unborn Babies And Theyre Totally Legal
• Teacher Wanted Her Union Dues to Go to Pro-Life Groups. Their Response Has Her Suing
• Will Planned Parenthood Side With Pro-Abortion Satanists Against Women?
• Top Unions Send Hundreds of Thousands in Donations to Planned Parenthood Abortion Biz
• Man Calling Himself the Facebook Sperm Donor Has Fathered 10 Babies by Nine Women
• California Assisted Suicide Bill is Not Dead Yet, Calls and Emails Needed to Stop It
• Florida Court Blocks Pro-Life Bill for 24-Hour Waiting Period Before Abortion
• Canadian Medical Association Sells Out as Canada Forces Euthanasia on the Entire Country
• Abortion Drone Will Take Abortion Pills to Ireland After Killing Unborn Babies in Poland
• Tennessee Judge Sides With Owners of Unlicensed Abortion Clinics Against Pro-Life Law
• Louisiana Court Holds Hearing on Pro-Life Law Requiring Abortionists to Have Admitting Privileges
Supreme Court: Obama Admin Cant Make Religious Groups Obey Pro-Abortion HHS Mandate
The Supreme Court issued an order on Monday preventing the Obama administration from forcing religious groups in Pennsylvania to obey the HHS mandate that requires them to pay for abortion-causing drugs for their employees.
Click to Read at LifeNews.com:
http://www.lifenews.com/2015/06/30/supreme-court-obama-admin-cant-make-religious-groups-obey-pro-abortion-hhs-mandate-2/
Pro-Life Chris Christie Announces Campaign as He Vetoes Planned Parenthood Funding a 6th Time
Republican Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey, who is pro-life on abortion,launched his campaign for the Republican nomination for president today. The campaign announcement comes the day after he vetoed state taxpayer funding for the Planned Parenthood abortion business a sixth time.
Click to Read at LifeNews.com:
http://www.lifenews.com/2015/06/30/pro-life-chris-christie-announces-campaign-as-he-vetoes-planned-parenthood-funding-a-6th-time/
Former Abortionist Recalls Baby Born Alive During Abortion Who Lived for Several Days
Former abortionist Dr. Paul Jarrett gave his testimony at a conference held by the Pro-Life Action League called Meet the Abortion Providers. In a speech reproduced on the Priests for Life website, he talks about his experiences with late-term abortion.
Click to Read at LifeNews.com:
http://www.lifenews.com/2015/06/30/former-abortionist-recalls-baby-born-alive-during-abortion-who-lived-for-several-days/
Annie Had Anencephaly and Only Lived 15 Hours, But She Did Something Amazing Before She Died
Annie Ahern lived for only 14 hours and 58 minutes after birth, but two years later, acts of kindness in her honor are still spreading across her home state of Oklahoma. At 19 weeks gestation, Ahern and her husband, Robert, were told that their baby girl had anencephaly, a condition in which the skull and therefore the brain do not fully develop.
Click to Read at LifeNews.com:
http://www.lifenews.com/2015/06/30/annie-had-anencephaly-and-only-lived-15-hours-but-she-did-something-amazing-before-she-died/
Dismemberment Abortions Slice and Crush Unborn Babies And Theyre Totally Legal
Faith in humanity is on the fritz at the moment. For those in the pro-life movement, weve become accustomed to horrifying rulings from court benches. We march on Washington every year to remember the one that started it all- Roe v. Wade.
Click to Read at LifeNews.com:
http://www.lifenews.com/2015/06/30/dismemberment-abortions-slice-and-crush-unborn-babies-and-theyre-totally-legal/
Teacher Wanted Her Union Dues to Go to Pro-Life Groups. Their Response Has Her Suing
In Pennsylvania, a public school teacher is suing the states education association for preventing her from giving her mandated union dues to a pro-life organization. The teacher, Linda Misja, said the following about her lawsuit against the Pennsylvania State Education Association (PSEA):
Click to Read at LifeNews.com:
http://www.lifenews.com/2015/06/30/teacher-wanted-her-union-dues-to-go-to-pro-life-groups-their-response-has-her-suing/
Will Planned Parenthood Side With Pro-Abortion Satanists Against Women?
If a woman is seeking to have an abortion in the state of Missouri, it is required that she be given medical information on abortion, how the fetus can feel pain by 22 weeks and wait 72 hours before having the abortion.
Click to Read at LifeNews.com:
http://www.lifenews.com/2015/06/30/will-planned-parenthood-side-with-pro-abortion-satanists-against-women/
Top Unions Send Hundreds of Thousands in Donations to Planned Parenthood Abortion Biz
Unions are donating money to Planned Parenthood, and members who object are often unable to hold their unions accountable. According to a search of union records on the Department of Labors website, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, the Service Employees International Union and United Food and Commercial Workers gave a combined $435,000 to Planned Parenthood last year.
Click to Read at LifeNews.com:
http://www.lifenews.com/2015/06/30/top-unions-send-hundreds-of-thousands-in-donations-to-planned-parenthood-abortion-biz/
Man Calling Himself the Facebook Sperm Donor Has Fathered 10 Babies by Nine Women
http://www.lifenews.com/2015/06/30/man-calling-himself-the-facebook-sperm-donor-has-fathered-10-babies-by-nine-women/
California Assisted Suicide Bill is Not Dead Yet, Calls and Emails Needed to Stop It
http://www.lifenews.com/2015/06/30/california-assisted-suicide-bill-is-not-dead-yet-calls-and-emails-needed-to-stop-it/
Florida Court Blocks Pro-Life Bill for 24-Hour Waiting Period Before Abortion
http://www.lifenews.com/2015/06/30/florida-court-blocks-pro-life-bill-for-24-hour-waiting-period-before-abortion/
Canadian Medical Association Sells Out as Canada Forces Euthanasia on the Entire Country
http://www.lifenews.com/2015/06/30/canadian-medical-association-sells-out-as-canada-forces-euthanasia-on-the-entire-country/
Abortion Drone Will Take Abortion Pills to Ireland After Killing Unborn Babies in Poland
http://www.lifenews.com/2015/06/30/abortion-drone-will-take-abortion-pills-to-ireland-after-killing-unborn-babies-in-poland/
Tennessee Judge Sides With Owners of Unlicensed Abortion Clinics Against Pro-Life Law
http://www.lifenews.com/2015/06/30/tennessee-judge-sides-with-owners-of-unlicensed-abortion-clinics-against-pro-life-law/
Louisiana Court Holds Hearing on Pro-Life Law Requiring Abortionists to Have Admitting Privileges
http://www.lifenews.com/2015/06/30/abortion-drone-will-take-abortion-pills-to-ireland-after-killing-unborn-babies-in-poland/
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The Hour of Lawlessness
A FEW days ago, an American wrote me in the wake of their Supreme Court’s decision to invent the right to same-sex “marriage”:
I have been weeping on and off a good part of this day… as I attempt to go to sleep I am wondering if you could help me understand just where we are in the timeline of events to come….
There are several thoughts on this that have come to me in the silence of this past week. And they are, in part, an answer to this question…
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The following comes from a June 24 story on LifeNews.com.
Teen abortions in Minnesota have declined dramatically since the state enacted a law requiring parental notification before minors undergo abortions. Tomorrow is the 25th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding Minnesota’s parental notification requirement.
The law (MN Statute 144.343), strongly supported by Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life (MCCL), was passed by the Legislature with large bipartisan majorities in 1981. It requires that both parents be notified at least 48 hours before an abortion is performed on a minor girl….
Minnesota’s law was in place until 1986, when it was enjoined by a federal district court. The U.S. Supreme Court eventually ruled on June 25, 1990, in the case of Hodgson v. Minnesota, upholding both the two-parent and 48-hour requirements. The law went back into effect that year.
The annual number of minor abortions in Minnesota peaked at 2,327 in 1980, the year before the parental notification law first went into effect. Teen abortions then began to steadily decline…. In 2013 (the latest year for which data is available), minor abortions fell to 295, the lowest number on record….
From http://cal-catholic.com/
(c)Mary TV 2015
J.M.J.
June 30, 2015
The First Martyrs of the Holy Roman Church
Dear Family of Mary!
June 25, 2015
“Dear children! Also today the Most High gives me the grace to be able to love you and to call you to conversion. Little children, may God be your tomorrow and not war and lack of peace; not sorrow but joy and peace must begin to reign in the heart of every person – but without God you will never find peace. Therefore, little children, return to God and to prayer so that your heart may sing with joy. I am with you and I love you with immeasurable love. Thank you for having responded to my call.”
We are beloved children. Our Father in heaven has given Our Lady the grace to love us and to call us to conversion. This may sound obvious. But I do not think it is obvious. All love comes from God. All true love is from God. Our Lady recognizes this. She understands that she can love us because God loves us and gives her the strength to love us as well. What would we do without Our Lady’s love?
And then there is the grace she has been given to call us to conversion. This is a big grace. God has decided that we are open enough to hear Our Lady’s call to conversion, and so He has sent her to call us, to speak to us about conversion. We are so blessed. I am sure that my life would be very different if God had not allowed Our Lady to come and call me to conversion. I might never have changed my life, if I hadn’t heard this call from Mary. On my first trip to Medjugorje, Our Lady spoke to me, loud and clear, about something in my life that needed to be changed. I needed to hear this call, and change. But I didn’t know I needed it. It was God who knew I needed it. And so He gave Our Lady the information and the grace to speak to me about it, in Medjugorje, in a dramatic way. It was so necessary and needed! I thank the Father for giving Mary the grace to call me to conversion in 1987.
And so, today, it is the same. Our Lady has come to call us to conversion. She has been given information by the Father about our need to convert. And she has been given the grace to come to us to tell us about it. We must not overlook this grace. It is vital for our salvation. Our Lady is calling to each of us, in some area of our life, to convert. There is something that needs to change. She knows what it is. And she has the grace to tell us about it. Are we listening??
In the Fruit of Medjugorje episodes, week after week, pilgrims share about their conversions. They share how Our Lady in Medjugorje came to them, loved them, and showed them what they needed to change in order to turn to God, and put Him in the first place. It is amazing how different each story is, but how much conversion is at the center of each story. Conversion is given to us because it is the one thing we need to be saved. We need to turn to God, recognize Him as our God, and give ourselves to Him. We need to let go of all that hinders us from full surrender to the Lord. And that is what Our Lady helps us to do. What a grace she has been given, to show us how to convert!!!
It seems to me that in our world today there are millions of souls that still need to convert. God loves them all. Maybe we would be some help to Him, if we asked Him to give Our Lady the grace to call them all to conversion, just as she has called us! Maybe that is a good way to pray in these days. We could pray that God would open up His great Heart and give Our Lady all the grace she needs to call all the lost souls on earth to conversion. This would be tremendous. This would be huge!
Well, at the least, we need to answer her call to each of us, and convert again today. We need to put God at the center of our lives, and she will show us the way. She has been sent to call us. This should bring us great joy!
In Jesus, Mary and Joseph!
Cathy Nolan
©Mary TV 2015
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The Truth of Medjugorje!(c)Mary TV 2015
J.M.J.
June 29, 2015
Sts. Peter and Paul
Dear Family of Mary!
There has been a lot of talk about Medjugorje over the past few days, having to do with speculation about the Vatican commission, etc. It has been a bit unsettling for some. I have transcribed the homily given on Sunday, June 27, 2015, at the English Mass in Medjugorje, because I believe it answers the unsettling speculators very well. It gave me much peace, and I hope it will give you peace as well.
Homily for English Mass, Medjugorje, June 28, 2015
Fr. Rory O’ Donnell
My dear friends, would you believe that is has been 28 years since I first set foot in this parish of Medjugorje. I was a seventeen year old boy, and one of my priest/teachers challenged me to come here to Medjugorje. Religion class had become a series of stand up rows between himself and I. The political situation in Ireland at the time was very tense at the time especially in the North and the views that I held and that my family held were in sharp contrast to anything that the Church was saying at the time.
But eventually, one day, in exasperation as myself and this priest were rowing back and forth at each other in the classroom, he said to me, “Have you ever heard of Medjugorje? If you went there you would change your views.” And you know something, what he said was true beyond his or my wildest dreams.
Each time I come to Medjugorje…I have been here countless times. But each time I come here and alight from the bus or the car I have to stop myself from throwing myself down on the ground and kissing the sacred, sandy soil of Medjugorje. Because it was here 28 years ago that I was born, at the age of 17.
Our first reading reminds us that there is death and there is life. God’s desire for us is to exist for all eternity. But the enemy of our souls is jealous. He wants to bring us to death. The evil one had a plan for me, and he had me walking on a certain path. But Mary stepped in and she snatched me from him. And through her direction, like the woman in today’s Gospel, I came closer to Jesus than I ever thought possible.
On my third day here in Medjugorje, the joy and peace was already dawning in my soul. And at that time, the people used to gather up there where the parish office is now, and we would kneel outside to welcome the presence of Our Lady. And on that third day, just after I had knelt and I stood up, a woman approached me and she was crying. And she said to me, “Rory, during the last few minutes, as we were kneeling down, I looked over in your direction. And all of a sudden, you were enveloped in a circle of light, and everything else became dark. And I heard a voice, and it was the voice of a woman, and the voice simply said, ‘He is going to be a priest.'”
I was shocked. I was stunned. I walked away, but for some strange reason it was as if someone had put the final piece in the jigsaw of my life. And I began to feel this great sense of joy. I remember going to confession, and many of you here know Fr. Svet. Fr. Svet was hearing confessions and I told him my sins, and then he said to me, “What will you do with your life?” And I told him what had just occurred, and he said “Well you know, the Church in Ireland needs you.”
I came back, and that was in April. And my family thought that it was a different son who had returned because I was so different to the person who had gone. And years later my mother told me that my four brothers and two sisters had said to her, “What happened to Rory in Medjugorje?” Because he is so different from the young man who went there in the first place. In fact a few weeks later I was going into Sunday Mass, and I went with my older brother, Seany, and as we were walking into Mass he turned to me and said, “Rory, please, please stop that!” And as we were walking into the church yard, I said, “Stop what?” And he said, “You know what you are doing. Please stop it. It’s embarrassing.” And I said, “Seany, I don’t know what you are talking about.” And he said, “Rory, stop smiling at everyone.” It was true, the joy was so deep in my heart when I came back.
But you can imagine as the weeks and months went on, I began to wonder about the calling from Medjugorje. Was it really true, was it this woman’s imagination?? Maybe it was something else. I saved every penny I had, I collected copper coins to get back to Medjugorje on the following October. And I was out here in the fields one day, and there were some Irish women kneeling on the ground, looking up at the sun. I was with two friends of mine, and they said to me, can you see the sun spinning? And I was dismissive of it, and I said to them, “You know if you look at the sun long enough, you know it’s going to spin.” And one of the women got very angry with me. And she said to me, “I cannot understand why people with no faith come to Medjugorje.”
The next day, two of the women who were with her said to me, “Did you catch up with Mary?” I said “No.” They said, “Oh, she really wants to talk with you.” I thought she wanted to apologize because she was a little bit intemperate the day before. Finally she caught up with me, and she sat me down and she said to me, “I have to tell you something that happened yesterday. I was so angry with you. And I began to say in my mind, why do people who don’t believe come to Medjugorje.” And she said, “I heard a voice, and it was the voice of a woman. And the voice simply said, ‘Why, he is going to be a priest.'” Twice in one year that was confirmed for me here in Medjugorje.
My road to priesthood was long and it was difficult. I trained for ten years. I was in three seminaries, and I was in two different dioceses. I was kicked out of one seminary twice! Can anyone beat that record? But here I am now, 28 years later. And the truth of what Mary said, the truth of what I received here in Medjugorje, has become a reality. Because on the 20th of June, 1998, I was ordained to the priesthood, and incidentally, the 20th of June, 1998, was the Feast of the Triumph of Immaculate Heart of Mary! It was on that day that I was ordained.
You know, over the last few weeks and months and years really, there has been a lot of talk about what is the truth of Medjugorje. There are many opinions and many of them contrast and many of them say it is a hoax and it’s nonsense, it is not true. The story I just told you is the truth of Medjugorje. Because it is true that a young boy came here 28 years ago, and here he was called to the priesthood. Here he left his old life behind. Here he took something new. That is the truth of Medjugorje.
I know that many of my brother priests who are here today, many of them have sat for many hours over the years, hearing confessions here in the parish. And we have heard the stories of lives that have been changed, of healings, of recoveries, of all kinds of extraordinary miracles. We ourselves know the truth of Medjugorje. And we ourselves have experienced that truth through the stories that we have heard. I am sure that many of you have gone to Cenacolo. You have heard the stories of broken lives that have been mended, of young men who were on one path that was leading them to death, being called to a path towards the fullness of life. That is the truth of Medjugorje.
And there is no commission and there is no inquiry and there is no churchman who can ever contradict or deny that truth of Medjugorje. So my dear friends, your role now is to go back home and to be the truth of Medjugorje. Your role is to go back to your family, your countries, your families, your homes, your loved ones, and by the ways your lives have changed, you become the truth of Medjugorje. No one can ever contradict that my brother, my sister, my dad, my mum, my son, my daughter went to Medjugorje and came back and all of a sudden Sunday Mass is the most important thing in their life. They won’t allow a day to pass without praying. They won’t allow a month pass without trying to get to confession. Your role, your job, your task now, given to you by Our Lady, is to go back and be the truth of Medjugorje.
And you know, as I look out and see the young people here, you have a very particular call. Our Lady has called you here. There is nothing more wonderful than when I hear parents say to me, “You know we are not Mass goers, but my son, my daughter, they went to Medjugorje and came back and they won’t miss Mass for the world. They are there every Sunday, no matter how late they are out Saturday evening, they are up for Mass on Sunday. My son, my daughter, they went to Medjugorje, and they came back with Rosary beads in their pocket and they pray it every night. That is the greatest witness, as young people you have a far greater witness to give to the world than those of us who are a little bit more advanced in years.
So my dear young people, you need to go back and be the truth the Medjugorje, a truth that can never be denied and never be contradicted. Because, please God, no matter what happens here, someday I will hear a father or a mother say, “You know, my child is a living word of God, because my child went as one person when they went to Medjugorje and when they came back, like the woman in the Gospel, they had come closer to Jesus.”
Thank you, Father Rory! Thank you for the clarity of your words.
Our Lady also spoke clearly to us on the 25th:
June 25, 2015
“Dear children! Also today the Most High gives me the grace to be able to love you and to call you to conversion. Little children, may God be your tomorrow and not war and lack of peace; not sorrow but joy and peace must begin to reign in the heart of every person – but without God you will never find peace. Therefore, little children, return to God and to prayer so that your heart may sing with joy. I am with you and I love you with immeasurable love. Thank you for having responded to my call.”
May our hearts sing with joy!!!
In Jesus, Mary and Joseph!
Cathy Nolan
©Mary TV 2015
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Saint John Paul II
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FRANCISCAN FRIARS OF THE RENEWAL – Statement on the Supreme Court Decision
Statement on the Supreme Court Decision | Same Sex Marriage Ruling  “Grace Abounds”…Romans 5:20 In the midst of present day moral confusion and the cultural attack on the Christian way of life in the United States and around the world, there is a real temptation to discouragement and even despair. As the news continues to report the “victory lap” that is being taken by those who offer a different way of understanding marriage and sexuality, the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal find great hope in the powerful presence of God at work in the countless couples, families, and individuals who are heroically faithful to the Gospel and the truth of marriage and sexuality according to God’s design. We also find great hope in those individuals who experience same sex attraction and have made the free, heroic and self-sacrificing choice to live the virtue of chastity in a culture where the alternative is in fact much easier and socially celebrated. There are many questions being asked about the way forward for the Church as she faces the stark reality of these present day challenges and trials. As we have heard echoed over the past few days from the Bishops in the United States and from those who speak in fidelity with the Church and her teaching, Christ is the answer. Jesus who is the Truth (John 14:6) is our refuge, strength, consolation, and way forward. His Grace abounds in the midst of temptation, confusion, and darkness. His love is our response, the powerful statement that must be made to those who agree with the Church and also for those who disagree. In a time where a misguided compassion seems to dictate that true love and true religion not only should accept the sinner but also the sin, we with great respect and humility, boldly call for a renewed courageous witness among all Catholics, Christians and people of good will. This witness, modeled by Jesus, doesn’t tire of loving and showing genuine compassion to our brothers and sisters who experience same sex attraction and who are caught up in the challenges and difficulties of the current cultural crisis. However, at the same time we urge an ever more courageous proclamation of the truth of marriage and God’s beautiful plan for human sexuality. In this pressing time, we pray for the intercession of our late founder Fr. Benedict Groeschel and his dear friend Fr. John Harvey, who was the founder of Courage, an outreach to those who experience same sex attraction and strive to freely choose to live a chaste way of life (http://couragerc.org/). We are inspired by their fidelity and commitment to the truth of the Church and the Gospel. Statement by Courge Internatinal |
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