Independence Day

As we celebrate the birth of our nation,  let us not forget the words of our forefathers….
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and pursuit of Happiness: that to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.”
~ The Declaration of Independence (1776)
 

Something To Ponder

 

 

I saw this on a bumper sticker today.  I thought I'd share it with you.

 

I've noticed that everybody that is for abortion has already been born.

  ~Ronald Reagan, quoted in New York Times, 22 September 1980

 

 

 

 



Saints

I've always had a special place in my heart for St. Therese de Lisieux.  When I was a little girl....I used to gaze up at the stained glass window of her in church.  My eyes would then gaze over and look to her statue.  I knew there must have been something special about her because the church honored her in a big way.  I  have learned over the years.... that her little ways were a means of showing great love and we can show love in that same way.   What an inspiration she is.

 

 

 

Universally... we are all called to be holy.  Sainthood is not only reserved for those that the church has deemed to be saints.  Our church has made these people saints for imitation and their intercession.  In our day to day life..... we too are all called to be saints.  We may not be recognized by the church in the same way but it's the way to get to heaven.   In studying the life of St. Augustine.... we can see that every saint has a past and every sinner has a future!  

Here's some pictures of future saints in the making!



 

 

 

 

 



Love is a mutual self-giving which ends in self-recovery.
~Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen

Sitting at the lake

Lake Ontario

We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature -- trees, flowers, grass -- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence. We need silence to be able to touch souls.

~Mother Theresa

If I Were Not Catholic

 

"If I Were Not A Catholic ..."

by Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen

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"If I were not a Catholic, and were looking for the true Church in the world today, I would look for the one Church which did not get along well with the world; in other words, I would look for the Church which the world hated. My reason for doing this would be, that if Christ is in any one of the churches of the world today, He must still be hated as He was when He was on earth in the flesh. If you would find Christ today, then find the Church that does not get along with the world. Look for the Church that is hated by the world as Christ was hated by the world. Look for the Church that is accused of being behind the times, as our Lord was accused of being ignorant and never having learned. Look for the Church which men sneer at as socially inferior, as they sneered at Our Lord because He came from Nazareth. Look for the Church which is accused of having a devil, as Our Lord was accused of being possessed by Beelzebub, the Prince of Devils. Look for the Church which, in seasons of bigotry, men say must be destroyed in the name of God as men crucified Christ and thought they had done a service to God. Look for the Church which the world rejects because it claims it is infallible, as Pilate rejected Christ because He called Himself the Truth. Look for the Church which is rejected by the world as Our Lord was rejected by men. Look for the Church which amid the confusions of conflicting opinions, its members love as they love Christ, and respect its Voice as the very voice of its Founder, and the suspicion will grow, that if the Church is unpopular with the spirit of the world, then it is unworldly, and if it is unworldly it is other worldly. since it is other-worldly, it is infinitely loved and infinitely hated as was Christ Himself. But only that which is Divine can be infinitely hated and infinitely loved. Therefore the Church is Divine." Taken from Radio Replies, Vol. 1, p IX, Rumble & Carty, Tan Publishing

Lake Ontario..Niagara on the Lake, Canada... 'summer of 2011'

While watching Father Phillip Scott on Women of Grace... he explained that when he was kidnapped and held at gunpoint in Peru... he saw a light and he felt at peace.  Infact so at peace... that he wanted to die.  He didn't end up dying though.   In his talks around the country... he tells about his ordeal and the wonderful spiritual insights that he gained during his capture.                                   

'The distance between our life and heaven is only a thread.  Our life and heaven mesh during the mass in receiving the Holy Eucharist.'

~Father Phillip Scott

Choose to inhale. Don't just breath to exist.

-Mattie Stepanek

Taken by Kyle on our way to Cork, County of Cork and the Dingle Pennensula, Ireland.  Summer...'2011'

 

A little Catholic Humor

Archbishop Sheen once quoted:

"Hearing nuns' confessions is like being stoned to death with popcorn. "