Stupid Fat Hobbit

I am staying at my parents house for a few days and have very limited access to the world but I just wanted to take a moment and wish everyone a very Merry Christmas. The birth of one single child has never been and will never be so celebrated as the birth of this Child. Praise God that Mary had the faith to accept what Gabriel said to her, that Joseph had the faith to accept Gabriel’s message to him and that Joachim and Anna had the sense to accept that Mary was not lying to them.

Our God is with us – Emmanuel!

As I may have mentioned before, my wife gets the Washington Post delivered to our doorstep every day. I have never really questioned her motives I just assumed that she had read Sun Tzu’s Art of War and was keeping her enemies closer. Anyway, for another 20+ days, I’m responsible for picking this piece of filth up out of the driveway, removing the plastic bag and depositing it in the recycle bin. I try my best not to get any of it on me because I have normally just showered and don’t want to have to go through that whole process again…

Anyway, a couple of days ago there was a headline in the middle of the front page that caught my eye talking about the new Dignitas Personae or ‘Dignity of the Person’ instruction document recently released from the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Being on the front page of the Post, I knew this would not be a flattering article for the Church but I thought that I should read through it to see what they had to say. I was slightly surprised in that the article was not completely negative however I was caught off guard by one of the interviewees. This gentleman, Jon O’Brien, is the President of an organization called ‘Catholics for Choice’ and he was allowed to give his 2 cents worth to the article. I just couldn’t stop thinking about the name of his organization. Didn’t Pope John Paul II make it perfectly clear?! Hasn’t Pope Benedict XVI spoken about this subject as much as anything else during his papacy?! Haven’t the US Council of Catholic Bishops produced enough information in the past two years to make any reasonable human being cower at the thought?! YOU CAN NOT BE CATHOLIC AND PRO-CHOICE!! Get over it. If you want the right to murder an unborn fetus; CHOOSE ANOTHER RELIGION! Go somewhere else. We don’t want you and we don’t want to be ‘reformed‘ on this issue.

Anyway, once my blood pressure came down below the point where I was no longer in danger of splattering bodily fluids all over the walls, I started thinking about other oxymoronic organizations that I could start which would allow me to not have to work for a living anymore. I’m just going to set up a business front and ask people to send money for my cause. Then I’ll spend the money any way I want to.

So without further ado; here’s my shortlist of organizations whose ideals would make no sense in the modern world but unsuspecting saps might fall for:

1. Prostitutes for Puritan Clothing
2. Politicians for Campaign Finance Reform – Too easy, sorry
3. Criminals Against the ACLU
4. Men Against Sex
5. Teenagers Who Think About Others First
6. Lead Guitarists Against Porn
7. Catholics for Widening the Front Pews – I had to pick on us a little
8. Hobbits (or Dwarfs, or Elfs, or Humans) for the Ethical Treatment of Orcs

And if you happen to BE one of these cafeteria Catholics who thinks it’s okay to be pro-choice, to support gay marriage, or any other of the dozen or so things the Catholic Church says you cannot do and still call yourself a Catholic; I would suggest that you schedule an appointment with your local priest or even the bishop to discuss this subject with him.

God bless you all and have a Merry Christmas.

Today is the Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe, patron saint of the America’s. All of the America’s, North, South, and Central. Isn’t that cool? Many people have heard the story of how she appeared to Juan Diego (who is now a saint) and told him to speak to the Bishop about building a church on top of a mountain. The bishop was reticent and demanded a sign. Mary showed to Juan Diego several rose plants blooming in the middle of winter which she picked herself and arranged within his tilma (an outer garment worn by Aztec men). The PowerPoint below is about this tilma and the miraculous, scientifically proven things about it. Enjoy!

Our Lady of Guadalupe PowerPoint

437,000 petition signers in 168 countries! That is awesome. Read how the C-FAM organizations’ petition to protect the family was presented to the U.N. this week.

In the article, they mention that the petition will remain open with the hope of presenting 1,000,000 signatures to the U.N. General Assembly in the Fall. I say we send this out to everyone we know and get to the million mark ASAP. Here’s the link again…http://www.c-fam.org/publications/id.95/default.asp

This is sooooo true! Look closely at the following picture and you’ll see 4 very happy people celebrating Christmas together. In 4 days, this picture will be exactly 1 year old. Two of the people are now deployed to the nether regions of the world and the other two will be celebrating Christmas alone (assuming you don’t count 6 kids, 2 dogs, a cat and a hermit crab between them).

Merry Christmas June! Merry Christmas Ward!
Merry Christmas Debbie, my love! I am missing you very much.

We Miss You A Merry Christmas

Hello all,
Please disseminate this information to as many people as you possibly can as quickly as possible. I was not really aware that the UN was in the abortion business but apparently all of it’s Human Rights documents don’t yet apply to the unborn. From what I read, a large number of Pro-Abortion organizations plan to petition the UN to make abortion a fundamental right to all of it’s member nations. Though this will not have any binding legal ramifications, it will legitimize abortion for those countries wanting a little more support for their culture of death.

The Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute plans to counter the Pro-Abortion petition with one of their own. They were looking for 100,000 signatures by December 10, 2008. It appears, from their web ticker, that they have reached that goal however I would highly encourage everyone to sign the petition and encourage others to sign it as well. Personally, I’m appalled that there are not millions of signatures on the petition. There are over 350 million citizens in the US alone can we not find at least a million citizens to sign this petition?

Here is the website address: http://www.c-fam.org/publications/id.95/default.asp

You know I’ve been busier than Snow White on washing day but that doesn’t give me an excuse…

Time passes so quickly as we get older. It seems like only yesterday that your pajamas had little feet built into them and you couldn’t go to sleep without a hug and a kiss from Mommy and Daddy. I’m so proud that you still want me to come and say prayers with you before you go to bed. That is still the most special part of my day and probably always will be. In my heart, you will always be the little girl in this picture. No matter what my eyes tell me.

And this week you turned 13! I never should have blinked. How could that sort of thing sneak up on me. I should have realized when you started talking about nothing but boys and playing music from people I’ve never even heard of that things were getting wonky but NOOOOOoooooo, not me. So today, even though I’m late; I want to take a moment to let you know that I love you, that I really enjoyed your birthday supper, and I even liked the birthday party/sleepover though I need those in moderation. I hope that you enjoyed them also and I look forward to going to the mall and helping you spend all of your birthday money! 8-P

I love you…