Diversity

As you may know, I no longer have the privilege of attending the Traditional Latin Mass every Sunday, or the privilege of listening to the faith and morals sermons that are a part of it.

This past Sunday, the homily I heard blessed diversity, and the priest told us we should be thankful for diversity. Maybe I just didn't quite get his meaning. After all, the images I conjured up in my mind of diversity screamed acceptance of false religions, acceptance of homosexuality and its lifestyle, and acceptance of false doctrines like the ordination of womenpriests. He even ended the Mass by jokingly calling himself Sister___.

Now don't get me wrong. I am not what the politically correct call a homophobe. I believe that homosexuals and single people are bound together by the Church's declaration that they should live a chaste life. No sex outside of marriage. That seems like a pretty straightforward expectation for both groups.

Womynpriests in their polyester pantsuits will never, no matter how much they want it, be able to consecrate a host. I can't even understand why these womyn haven't gone away yet. Why are people still listening to them? Is it in the name of Diversity?

If I am to be thankful for diversity, I would think it means the blessing of having the Catholic faith spread to the four corners of the earth, so that the evangelization of all the nations, with people of every race and colour, will hear the Word of God and be saved. It means being thankful for so many peoples from around the world building up one nation under God. It means loving one another despite our differences, but it does not mean undermining our faith so as not to offend a false religion. After all, error has no rights - and this is according to none other than Saint Augustine.

I know. Colour me trad.

Hate, disguised as a game

From Lifesite News, here is a link from a gay website where you can click on a photo of a traditional married couple and bomb them, sending them and their traditional values into oblivion. They must have garnered the images from around the web. The game is called DESTROY.TRADITIONAL.MARRIAGE. Why is it that gays can spew forward their hate and vitriol without any reprimand; even receiving accolades and applause in return, but if heterosexuals were to post a game on the web that claimed to destroy gay "marriages", sending them into oblivion, the outcry would be horrendous.

They posted a link at the bottom of the game, that says "Special note to the readers of Lifesite News", and when you click on it, they bomb the link, seemingly blowing up Lifesite News.

These guys are nothing more than gay terrorists. Terrorism is alive and well on this website.

Enforcing Atheism

In California, you can't use the name of Jesus in a public speech, or even hold a Bible study in your own home without coming under the scrutiny of authorities. And don't even think of mentioning God in a wedding ceremony. It's amazing that God hasn't sunk the golden godless state into the ocean yet.

Father Corapi on the Shame of Notre Dame

Much has been said about the Notre Dame scandal, but no one says it as eloquently as Father Corapi. You can sign the petition here, (but you have to be American to sign.)

Tolerance or brainwashing?

Parents who have children in the BC school system have known for years that our Ministry of Education is pursuing a morally dangerous agenda. Now others are taking notice. Here is an interesting column from the Calgary Herald about how two homosexuals, through complaints to the BC Human Rights Tribunal, forced their agenda onto the BC school system in an unprecedented manner. To read the column in its entirety, click on the link provided - it's surprising to find such an article from a leading newspaper.

The couple, who are known homosexual activists, went to the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal to allege systemic discrimination against homosexuals by the B.C. Ministry of Education. A few years later, they filed another complaint. At first, the Ministry of Education denied the allegations but, as time dragged on, it decided to capitulate. The Ministry gave in -- without any defence or discussion, or even an impartial consideration of the allegations. In fact, it rolled over and played dead so fast it makes the Second World War Italian army look like hardcore U.S. Marines.

In giving up, the B.C. government made a legal agreement that gave the complainants unprecedented control and influence over the province's curriculum in exchange for dropping the human rights charges.

The complainants have since developed resources on alternative sexuality that teachers can use to integrate the topic into any subject from grades K to 12, as well as a Grade 12 course that covers issues like sexual orientation and gender identity.

The Education Ministry now proudly proclaims that it is a world leader in diversity training, but not all parents and teachers are pleased. There's controversy over the content and whether it should be an elective or a required course, and how appropriate the resources will be for young children and whether the whole scheme usurps the parent's role as the primary educator of their children. Just this week, it was announced that these events had spurred an initiative to "Take Back our Schools" by parents and organizations who believe the government has overstepped its limits.

The author makes an interesting point comparing this forced agenda to Communism where she makes this conclusion:

So is this curriculum geared toward changing thinking, beliefs and even moral values so that everyone thinks the same?

If so, how will exams be marked? What if educated kids still don't affirm sexual diversity -- do they fail?

The Soviet Union is a prime example of what happens when society believes that education should be used to create uniform acceptance of a particular philosophy. Any who dared to disagree with the philosophy of Communism, as taught in Soviet classrooms, was quickly classified as being mentally ill -- or worse.

There's nothing wrong with talking about diversity and tolerance.

But there is something wrong with forcing the ideals of two individuals (from a known group and with a known agenda) onto children and demanding conformity. After all, true tolerance is accepting opinions that are different -- not demanding that all opinions be the same.

More on the Religion of Pieces

When I read stories like this one, where 5 women were buried alive in an "honour" killing in Pakistan just because they wanted to choose their own husbands, it makes me wonder if the left-leaning feminists who sit on our Human Rights Commissions will one day be flexible enough to kick themselves in their rear ends for advancing the agendas of minority groups at all costs. I'm just sayin' - it could soon happen here on the same scale.

Human bling-bling

Now when your spouse or loved one dies, you can have them made into jewelery, and flash your new-found bling in public. No kidding. A Swiss company named Algordanza will take human ashes and turn them into diamonds. Never mind the sacredness of the human body. There are reports that Christians are their best customers.

Oh, in case you didn't already know, after the cremation process, when the body has been torched for two hours at temperatures of up to 2100 degrees F, what remains is bone fragments, not ashes. These bone fragments are sifted, collected and then pulverized in a device that uses a rotating and grinding mechanism to produce what we call ashes. It's no wonder the Catholic Church was against cremation for so many centuries (until the 1960's fell upon us).

Bug chasers and gift givers

Have you ever heard of a bug chaser? If you just conjured up an image of someone swatting mosquitoes or racing after house flies with a rolled up newspaper, you need to read this.

What is a "bug chaser?"

A bug chaser is a gay man who deliberately attempts to contract HIV by having unprotected sex with a man or group of men who are known to have the virus.

What is a "gift giver?"

A gift giver is an HIV positive gay man who deliberately transmits the virus, often times to bug chasers, or those willing to contract it.

Bug parties are sex parties often ranging from a few to as much as 30 people. Unsafe sex with every participant at the party is encouraged. There are several variations of bug parties. At some, there is one member of the "orgy" that is HIV positive. Only this individual and the host know his positive status. The remaining participants know that there is an infected person in the room, but do not know his identity. The participants then partake in a night usually filled with alcohol, drugs and of course unsafe sex.

In other variations of a bug party, there is one person who is not infected with HIV, however the other participants are or may be. Every one is aware of the person who disease free. The HIV negative person then allows the infected guys to have unprotected anal sex with him.

What really irks me is the way our government is pushing the whole gay agenda on our children, indoctrinating them right from kindergarten in an attempt to normalize the gay lifestyle. In September of this year, all British Columbia grades will include brainwashing - err, I mean instruction- in health classes that teaches our children that gay marriage and gay sex is a normal and viable choice for them. This of course traces back to a 1999 - 2005 case of sexual discrimination in the British Columbia education system, where two gay activists were successful in their complaint with the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal that guaranteed the gay activists a role as consultants in developing the public school curriculum. Our bishops warned against this.

Discouraging, isn't it? It's a recipe for suicide. If you have children I bet homeschooling certainly looks attractive.

Wannabe Priests

Does this story disgust you as much as it does me? It's all about the shrinking ranks of Catholic priests and how lay people are all too happily filling their roles and taking over parishes that were once run by priests. The author makes it sound like a good thing. We need to pray for vocations! Pray, pray, pray! Otherwise we'll have a million little Pammies (like the one in this story) running around our sanctuaries thinking they are priests. Oh, I know some will say that it's a good thing someone is stepping up to the plate and taking on this leadership role, but I disagree. We need priests administering to the people, not well meaning lay people who think they can act as substitutes for the sacred office of priest. I would drive a million miles to attend a church that has a real priest, rather than attend one of these lay run parishes.

Let them eat bread!

Bread and water. Isn't that what prison inmates used to be fed? Not in Canada. For breakfast they get a hearty meal of bacon and eggs, toast and jam, milk, cereal, juice and coffee all neatly wrapped up in a special bonus of two thousand Canadian dollars for the convicted Muslim who takes offense to being served bacon. Our criminals are better fed than the nation's poverty-stricken children who must wait in soup lines to eat their one meal a day.

Warning! Don't try this if you are a born and bred Caucasian Canadian!

A Muslim inmate has won $2,000 and a partial human rights victory over a Correctional Service of Canada policy not to replace bacon with a halal diet for Islam-worshiping cons.

Duane David, who is serving time in Kingston's Joyceville Institution for an unknown crime, had complained to the Canadian Human Rights Commission that his rights were being violated as the prison failed to offer a halal replacement for bacon served to inmates with breakfast every Wednesday.

The court heard Muslims are forbidden from eating pork for religious reasons.

A Federal Court of Canada hearing was told the breakfast included three pieces of bacon, two eggs, three slices of toast, jam, ketchup, milk, coffee, juice and cereal.

'REQUEST WAS REFUSED'

"Muslim inmates who follow a halal diet (usually) receive all of these items, except the bacon," Madame Justice Eleanor Dawson was told. "Mr. David had requested a substitute for the three pieces of bacon, but the request was refused by the institution."

Court heard that an internal grievance filed by David for a bacon replacement was denied at all levels and then a complaint was filed to the commission, whose investigator ruled the matter had been properly dealt with.

David appealed the investigator's decision to the federal court, who this month ordered the attorney general to pay David $2,000 for damages and that the commissions' decision be set aside as a new hearing is launched into the matter.

During the grievance hearing, Joyceville's chief of food services said his department didn't have the budget to offer a bacon replacement and another official called for the banning of the food from all Ontario jails.

It seems like all a minority has to do in Canada is to scream "Discrimination!" at the top of their lungs, with a side chorus of "My rights are being violated!" and they will be pandered to by a government who is all too willing to accommodate their "cultural uniqueness".

Thanks Unitas, for letting me know how privileged our inmates have become.

What's next, virtual priests?

On a website called "Absolution Online," you can now confess your sins to the computer, and receive a hefty penance along with your absolution. Any good Catholic knows this is not a sacramental confession and holds no value other than entertainment purposes to see how much penance you can get them to dish out, but there are so many poorly catechized Catholics walking around, that some just might buy into this scheme. The website runs a disclaimer that reads:

Disclaimer

This is a free service provided for the Internet community. It has not been endorsed by The Church. If you have any doubts about using this service you should consult your priest.

The Legal Bit

We, absolution-online, disclaim everything we may legally disclaim under the laws of the USA, UK, EEC and all other nations. We make no claims as to the effectiveness of an online confession, rosary or anything else on this site.

They even link to the Vatican's official website, along with EWTN and New Advent Encyclopedia, which may help to fool the uneducated. I typed in a fake confession, using their convenient drop down menus, and here is my computer assigned penance, complete with absolution granted by the cyber-god:

eConfessional

May the Almighty God have mercy on you, and forgiving your sins, bring you to life everlasting. Amen.

May the Almighty and Merciful God grant you pardon, absolution, and remission of your sins.

Mortal Sins

Consider the implications of what you have done. You must take all steps possible to undo what has been done, and make right what you have done wrong.

You should fast for 4 days. If this is too much to do at once due to the length of the fast, or infirmity, it is acceptable to break a fast into smaller sections. If you are unsure how long it is safe to fast for, consult a doctor.

If your sin also broke the law of the land in which you live, you must confess to the authorities.

I absolve you from your sins in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.

No thanks

In the tidal wave of nausea called ecumenism, a Catholic bishop in Holland has called for the Dutch people to pray to God as Allah, in order to pacify the Muslim people. This has to be one of those instances where it is not only OK, but entirely permissible to disobey your bishop.

ABC programming pleases gays

Just one of the reasons I don't watch television.

Is this just poor theology ?

Jesus was never ordained a priest, according to Father Fitzpatrick, from St. Michael's Cathedral in Toronto. He was just a layman who preached outside the system as a holy man. Did Father Fitzpatrick sleep during seminary training? The blog Just a Layman has an interesting article about this.

These Masses are broadcast on national TV so they have the ability to reach a large audience. Another reason why the Catholic Church in Canada continues to be in such a poor state.

Just like magic!

From EWTN questions and answers - How did this priest ever get ordained?

Consecrated Host Question from Matt on 5/25/2007:

The priest at our parish just explained that if we truly have faith that we as lay people can change the host at Mass into the blessed sacrament. I never realized this before. Why do priests need to be ordained then as I'm sure our priest have faith? Can you explain this to me?

Answer by Fr. Robert J. Levis on 5/25/2007: Matt, I would not say this ever. It might be an illustration of small and tiny faith which can move mountains, which Jesus said. Fr. Bob Levis

I appreciate the way Father Levis gives the priest the benefit of the doubt here, but how is this heresy allowed to be propagated from the sanctuary? Would his consecrations even be valid? It makes me wonder what is happening in our seminaries. Was his professor a theologian or a magician?

If Silence is Sacred...

If silence is sacred, why are our Churches so incredibly noisy? My Novus Ordo church has the Tabernacle placed in a side chapel, with glass doors that separate it from the main church. I like to arrive early for Mass so I can pray in front of the Blessed Sacrament. Even though I close the glass doors, the conversations of the people who sit right outside the chapel for Mass can be heard word for word inside the chapel. Why are they even talking? Do they have no sense of reverence?

Every Sunday seems to be a social hoe down, with people greeting each other in the pews like they are long lost friends. After Mass, our church erupts into a dull roar. Forget about quiet solitude in prayer. People shout and converse inside the church like they are at a party. Do they not remember they just witnessed the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass? Would they act differently if they were at the foot of the Cross?

How many of you think this problem has to do with the Tabernacle being in a side chapel and not given the place of honour Our Lord deserves in the Sanctuary?

Too much dialogue, not enough conversion

You know ecumenism and interreligious dialogue have gone too far when heretics are dancing to their god in Vatican palaces for cardinals. Oh well, at least it didn't take place in a Catholic church in front of the Tabernacle.

Still though, can't we just go back to converting the heretics?

Dumbing down a tradition

Thanks to the website Saviour.org, you can now sit in front of your computer and make a holy hour of Eucharistic adoration. What better way to adore Our Lord than by worshiping an electronic image of a real Monstrance supplied live via webcam from the Chapel of Divine Love in Philadelphia, PA? They describe it as a "new and powerful channel of grace, a powerful channel for youth, the aged, lonely and the suffering," and request reverence in online adoration.

Thanks, but I think I'll just go to the Real Thing. What's next, online sacraments?

Top ten methods to detect if you are in a Catholic Church

1. Try to find the Tabernacle. Look everywhere, even in closets if at first its location is not clearly obvious.

2. If you're not sure what you are looking at is actually a Tabernacle, see if there is a red lamp beside it.

3. Look for statues, but keep in mind their absence does not necessarily mean the Church is not Catholic.

4. Try to locate the stations of the cross. Be sure to look on the floor if there are none on the walls.

5. Are there Holy Water fonts? If it is Lent they may be filled with sticks or stones or even sand, so keep this is mind as you begin your search.

6. Look for the choir loft. If there is none, or if it is empty, and you see a stage near the sanctuary, you are probably in a Catholic Church.

7. Look for the altar table. Check to make sure it is plain and bare of adornment.

8. Do the silence test. If there is none, it's a safe bet you are in a Catholic Church.

9. Listen to the choir. If there is no plainchant, and what comes out of their mouths is liturgical pablum, I'm sorry to say that you are probably in a Catholic Church.

10. And the easiest way of all to tell you are in a Catholic Church? Everyone goes up to receive Communion!