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	Facebook Twitter Newsletters Email Video News Catholic Life Shopping Saints Bible Prayers Mary Headlines Actor Jack Nicholson speaks out against abortion By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) | September 5, 2013 Movie actor par excellence Jack Nicholson has always maintained a rebel image, and outsider unafraid to speak his mind. He certainly goes against the grain of leftist-leaning Hollywood when it comes to the matter of abortion. Staunchly pro-life, he said in a 1984 interview, "I'm positively against it. I don't have the right to any other view." Continue Reading... FRIDAY HOMILY: Let Christ Pour New Wine Into Your Heart and Soul By Deacon F. K. Bartels | September 6, 2013 Give yourself to God. Be not afraid to let the Holy Spirit re-create you into a new wineskin. Fear not the new wine! Jesus Christ thirsts to pour himself into you. Yet you must take active, concrete steps of preparation in order to receive this new wine fully. Remember, God will not do for you what he wants you to do for yourself. The Spirit of Love does not conquer the soul by force; he will not overpower you; nor will he destroy your own persistent stubbornness or pride in opposition to your own will and your own desires. Continue Reading... China, Hell, and American Delusion: 'Praying for Abortion' is the Screeching of Demons By Jennifer Hartline | September 6, 2013 Pardon me if I don't have much faith in the American voters to stand up and prevent the full-blown emergence of a forced-abortion/one child policy like China's here in America. If it's cloaked in the desired political rhetoric and framed as a safeguard of "women's rights", then I think many people will swallow it gladly. We're already willing to kill our own children if they get in our way. From there to China is not such a giant leap. Continue Reading... Trappist Nuns in Syria Send Open Letter to Obama, Ask Him to Drop His Sentence of War By Deacon Keith Fournier | September 6, 2013 The people are straining their eyes and ears in front of the television: all they're waiting for is a word from Obama! A word from Obama? Will the Nobel Peace Prize winner drop his sentence of war onto us? Despite all justice, all common sense, all mercy, all humility, all wisdom? The Pope has spoken up, patriarchs and bishops have spoken up, numberless witnesses have spoken up, analysts and people of experience have spoken up, even the opponents of the regime have spoken up. Yet here we all are, waiting for just one word from the great Obama? And if it weren't him, it would be someone else. It isn't he who is "the great one," it is the Evil One who, these days, is really acting up. Continue Reading... THURSDAY HOMILY: Put Out Into the Deep and Lower Your Nets for a Catch By Deacon Keith Fournier | September 5, 2013 Pope Francis continues to call us to Put Out Into the Deep and Lower our Nets for a Catch. He reminds us that the heart of Christianity is found in the continuing encounter with the Lord. We cannot give away what we do not have. In Francis, we have a missionary Pope like few in history. He has done nothing but evangelize from the moment he stepped out onto that balcony at St Peters. His words and his actions have set the tone for such a missionary age.It is time to put out into the deep and lower our nets for a catch. Continue Reading... Is Democracy Always The Answer? By Dr. Frederick Liewehr | September 5, 2013 To any American, at least of my generation, the word "democracy" has a familiar and almost theophanic connotation. America is certainly the most successful political experiment in history, and the fact that it is a democratic republic is credited with much of that success. So, the mention of democracy tends to elicit a knee-jerk unquestioningly positive response from most of us. Being elected by a majority does not make a government legitimate. In fact, being elected by 100% of the population does not make a government legitimate. Only to the extent to which governmental actions are consistent with God's law and the moral order is a government legitimate. Continue Reading... The Mysteries of Light of the Holy Rosary: First and Second Mystery By Deacon Keith Fournier | September 5, 2013 The Mysteries of Light or Luminous Mysteries are now placed between the Joyful and sorrowful mysteries in our recitation of the Rosary on a sequential basis. Each of these mysteries points the believer to the central meaning of the Mission of the Redeemer, Jesus Christ. While the believer asks for the prayerful intercession of Mary, the Mother of the Lord, he or she is invited to reflect on the meaning of the mystery presented and allow the Holy Spirit to draw them more deeply into its intended effect in their own lives as they seek to follow the Lord Jesus Christ and participate in His ongoing mission, in and through the Church, for the sake of the world. Continue Reading... WEDNESDAY HOMILY: Jesus Exorcises Demons, Heals Wounds, Instructs How to Pray, and Sends Us By Fr Samuel Medley, SOLT | September 4, 2013 Be encouraged, enthused, enlivened, and animated by God's choice in sending YOU. He has chosen YOU. He loves YOU. Allow yourself to feel this choice and this love every day. Give God permission to love and convert you that you may help bring this about in others. Continue Reading... Obianuju Ekeocha: Legalization of Abortion in my Africa By Obianuju Ekeocha | September 4, 2013 I just received a very disturbing news from my home state, Imo, situated in the south Eastern part of Nigeria where our State Governor (Governor Rochas Okorocha) and the State Assembly have signed an odious anti-life Bill into law. Like most bills, it is very long and probably intimidating to read. But unlike most bills, it was kept secret- top secret. But, it has now been brought into the light - and it has been thoroughly read and fully unpacked. And what do you know? Buried under hundreds of paragraphs and thousands of words, was the so called Right to Abortion! Continue Reading... 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