Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Minnesota Marriage Minute review
Minnesota Marriage Minute: Episode 44 - YouTube: As the election in in less than a week, Minnesota for Marriage has released a final video.
Monday, October 29, 2012
Autumn Leva: Minnesotans don't need a 'license to love' - TwinCities.com
Autumn Leva wrote a piece at TwinCities.com entitled Minnesotans don't need a 'license to love'. It is a well-written and comprehensive explanation of marriage, and why we should support the traditional definition.
A chilling account of the mandated Sex Education course of the HHS
LifeNews has an chilling article entitled Like Alfred Kinsey, Obama HHS "Grooming" Children for Sex. Dr. Judith Reisman gave a lecture tracing the roots of the Health and Human Services Sexual education course mandated by the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) to the psuedo-science of Alfred Kinsey. Kinsey's research not only was massively flawed, it was gravely immoral, consisting of abuse of children as young a 2 months old. What I found most disturbing is her spot-on comparison of the goals of the education with the FBI's Molester Grooming Paradigm.
According to the FBI, child molesters:
• Demonstrate sex acts to children. Offenders commonly use pornography to teach or give instructions to naïve children about how to masturbate, perform oral sex and/or engage in sexual intercourse.
• Lower the sexual inhibitions of children. Some children naturally fear sexual activities. Some offenders show pictures of other children engaging in sexual activities to overcome these fears, indicating to their intended victims that it is all right to have sex with an adult because lots of other boys and girls do the same thing.
• Desensitize children to sex. Offenders commonly show child pornography to their intended victims to expose them to sexual acts before they are naturally curious about such activities.
• Sexually arouse children. Offenders commonly use pornographic images of other children to arouse victims, particularly those in adolescence.
The current government model engages in graphically demonstrating or describing sexual acts, homosexual and hetereosexual, oral, genital, or anal. It seeks to normalize sexual activity, and uses graphic images.
Sad, but while the Church seeks to eliminate such activity, the government seeks to enshrine it is science.
According to the FBI, child molesters:
• Demonstrate sex acts to children. Offenders commonly use pornography to teach or give instructions to naïve children about how to masturbate, perform oral sex and/or engage in sexual intercourse.
• Lower the sexual inhibitions of children. Some children naturally fear sexual activities. Some offenders show pictures of other children engaging in sexual activities to overcome these fears, indicating to their intended victims that it is all right to have sex with an adult because lots of other boys and girls do the same thing.
• Desensitize children to sex. Offenders commonly show child pornography to their intended victims to expose them to sexual acts before they are naturally curious about such activities.
• Sexually arouse children. Offenders commonly use pornographic images of other children to arouse victims, particularly those in adolescence.
The current government model engages in graphically demonstrating or describing sexual acts, homosexual and hetereosexual, oral, genital, or anal. It seeks to normalize sexual activity, and uses graphic images.
Sad, but while the Church seeks to eliminate such activity, the government seeks to enshrine it is science.
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Pastor's Notes for October 28
Dear Parishioners,
Our sympathy to the friends of Lee Grossman who died this last week. May she rest in peace.
We are about to celebrate All Saints Day this Wednesday Evening/Thursday. Of course, Mass attendance is obligatory - but we should feel internally compelled to attend Mass. All Saints day is a celebration of what God's grace did in the lives of all the saints, and a calling to mind of what God longs to do for us, as well. During this Year of Faith, this Holy Day is taking on greater significance for me. The Most Holy Trinity has loved us into being, and desires us to be with them for all eternity. It is not an automatic thing, however, because of human free will, and because of our fallen human nature. These two dynamics are constantly at play in us, as St. Paul would say, we live divided: That which we would do, we cannot, that which we would not do, we do! But God's grace, through the death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ, and the indwelling of the Spirit, we have been given the strength to freely choose to follow God. When we make such choice, we are most free, most human. We make a choice for God and the freedom that only He can give, and being set free from the bondage of sin.
Friday, we pray for All Souls. I will offer 2 Masses (Friday Morning's will be followed by First Friday Adoration/Benediction). Attending Mass would be a good way of remembering all who have died this last year especially. We will have the Book of Remembrance out, as usual, and please list all deceased that you wish us to remember in prayer.
In Christ,
Fr. Todd
Our sympathy to the friends of Lee Grossman who died this last week. May she rest in peace.
We are about to celebrate All Saints Day this Wednesday Evening/Thursday. Of course, Mass attendance is obligatory - but we should feel internally compelled to attend Mass. All Saints day is a celebration of what God's grace did in the lives of all the saints, and a calling to mind of what God longs to do for us, as well. During this Year of Faith, this Holy Day is taking on greater significance for me. The Most Holy Trinity has loved us into being, and desires us to be with them for all eternity. It is not an automatic thing, however, because of human free will, and because of our fallen human nature. These two dynamics are constantly at play in us, as St. Paul would say, we live divided: That which we would do, we cannot, that which we would not do, we do! But God's grace, through the death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ, and the indwelling of the Spirit, we have been given the strength to freely choose to follow God. When we make such choice, we are most free, most human. We make a choice for God and the freedom that only He can give, and being set free from the bondage of sin.
Friday, we pray for All Souls. I will offer 2 Masses (Friday Morning's will be followed by First Friday Adoration/Benediction). Attending Mass would be a good way of remembering all who have died this last year especially. We will have the Book of Remembrance out, as usual, and please list all deceased that you wish us to remember in prayer.
In Christ,
Fr. Todd
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
“A Look at Consequences: KIDS"
Minnesota For Marriage Releases New Marriage Minute Video: “A Look at Consequences: KIDS" Episode 43:
The fundamental public purpose of marriage is to provide the ideal environment for children to be raised by the people who brought them into the world. The drive to redefine marriage to accommodate the political demands of same-sex couples separates the interests of children from the purpose of marriage. Marriage is then transformed from a child-centered institution to one that exists only to satisfy the demands of adults.
The fundamental public purpose of marriage is to provide the ideal environment for children to be raised by the people who brought them into the world. The drive to redefine marriage to accommodate the political demands of same-sex couples separates the interests of children from the purpose of marriage. Marriage is then transformed from a child-centered institution to one that exists only to satisfy the demands of adults.
Sunday, October 21, 2012
Pastor's Notes for October 21
Dear Parishioners,
Our prayers to Mike and Annette Rohlik as they and six others profess vows as third order Franciscans Sunday afternoon. May the Lord bless their commitment.
This last week, I attended Pastoral Leader Days. Our topic was on Natural Family Planning from a variety of perspectives: theological, medical, pastoral, and practical. I came away from the conference even more convinced of the tremendous blessing of the current methods of Natural Family Planning. The doctors pointed out the dichotomy of outcry against men taking anabolic steroids for sports performance, and yet defense of prescribing the Pill. They reminded us that the artificial hormones found in the Pill have been classified as Class I carcinogens by the American Cancer Society and the World Health Organization. The doctors all stated that in their training, they were taught more about the various uses of the Pill than being encouraged to look into root causes. They also shared that there are 24 studies about the Pill and breast cancer, 23 of which demonstrate a strong correlation, with only one suggesting no connection. Instead of pumping a woman's body with artificial hormones, NFP teaches couples the signs of mutual signs of fertility, and if a couple has reason for delaying pregnancy, they can choose not to be active. The practicing couples shared their sacrifices in a candid manner, but also shared the great joy of knowing that they were following God's will for their lives. I knew both of the couples who were practicing NFP - I witnessed the marriage of one of them a number of years ago - and I know the true beauty of their lives and families. I again encourage every couple of child-bearing years to look into this life-affirming teaching of NFP. Ask me for information. I would also be very much interested in having a teaching couple in our area - if you are interested, speak with me, or give Sr. Candace Fier at the Diocese a call!
In Christ,
Fr. Todd
Our prayers to Mike and Annette Rohlik as they and six others profess vows as third order Franciscans Sunday afternoon. May the Lord bless their commitment.
This last week, I attended Pastoral Leader Days. Our topic was on Natural Family Planning from a variety of perspectives: theological, medical, pastoral, and practical. I came away from the conference even more convinced of the tremendous blessing of the current methods of Natural Family Planning. The doctors pointed out the dichotomy of outcry against men taking anabolic steroids for sports performance, and yet defense of prescribing the Pill. They reminded us that the artificial hormones found in the Pill have been classified as Class I carcinogens by the American Cancer Society and the World Health Organization. The doctors all stated that in their training, they were taught more about the various uses of the Pill than being encouraged to look into root causes. They also shared that there are 24 studies about the Pill and breast cancer, 23 of which demonstrate a strong correlation, with only one suggesting no connection. Instead of pumping a woman's body with artificial hormones, NFP teaches couples the signs of mutual signs of fertility, and if a couple has reason for delaying pregnancy, they can choose not to be active. The practicing couples shared their sacrifices in a candid manner, but also shared the great joy of knowing that they were following God's will for their lives. I knew both of the couples who were practicing NFP - I witnessed the marriage of one of them a number of years ago - and I know the true beauty of their lives and families. I again encourage every couple of child-bearing years to look into this life-affirming teaching of NFP. Ask me for information. I would also be very much interested in having a teaching couple in our area - if you are interested, speak with me, or give Sr. Candace Fier at the Diocese a call!
In Christ,
Fr. Todd
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
New Marriage Minute Video: “A Look at Consequences: EUROPE"
New Marriage Minute Video: “A Look at Consequences: EUROPE" | Minnesota for Marriage Episode 42.
Activists in support of same-sex “marriage” claim redefining marriage has no consequences for society. This is false. In European countries that have redefined marriage, consequences range from increased out-of-wedlock birthrates due to breakdown in family structure to a pastor being imprisoned simply for preaching on the Biblical definition of marriage.
Activists in support of same-sex “marriage” claim redefining marriage has no consequences for society. This is false. In European countries that have redefined marriage, consequences range from increased out-of-wedlock birthrates due to breakdown in family structure to a pastor being imprisoned simply for preaching on the Biblical definition of marriage.
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