When the Biden Administration announced Easter Sunday 2024 as the Transgender Visibility Day, there was more going on than a mere leftist nod. There is an active war being waged to replace the religion that has always been intrinsic to America's fabric.
Sarah - an excellent piece of writing that perfectly states the political attack on our Christian beliefs and standards. President Biden’s declaration was a slap in the face of all Christian faiths and the fact that the Democratic members of both houses haven’t spoken against this is appalling. I’m in total agreement that our clergy need to speak out against this heresy. I am encouraged by the number of individuals that came into the church throughout our diocese at the Easter Vigil and pray that they will help strengthen our church for the task ahead of us.
God bless you for your dedication to our beautiful Catholic faith. We desperately need you.
Spot on, except for one elephant in the room truth… and that is….
Satanic. This movement embraced by the WH is the work of Satan. What do you think evil is? Satan. What is his goal ? To destroy humans as created by God, and with the minions in power… he is succeeding, except for one glorious catch. It is only temporary, for the battle was already won on Calvery.
We also are approaching the most sacred of holy months in the West--"Pride" Month. I also do not recall at any point in my lifetime an entire month dedicated to a certain belief and advocacy. Even Christmas, and the accompanying "Christmas season," means a lot more to varied peoples than simply an approach to the birth of Jesus, perhaps to put it mildly. But let someone, for example, dare "desecrate" a chalked rainbow crosswalk, like what happened in Kirkland, Washington, last summer, and the police become involved, public camera footage is examined in an attempt to catch the "perpetrators," criminal sanctions are threatened generally, and more.
The government's job is not to tell us what to celebrate or remember on any given day. There are more than 365 'days of' whatever nonsense and whoever pays attention to them is not paying attention. The 'National Day of' coffee cake is coming up. Yup. And does anybody ask why, who decided, what for, and why we should care? 'National All Is Ours Day' is coming up, and what the hell does that even mean?
For Catholics, the government doesn't tell you what day it is, traditional feast days and holy days have existed for hundreds of years, and for catholics and everybody else, traditional days of remembering various things not religious usually have always had something to do with the seasons. The government should only be allowed MAYBE one day a month and that's it. Our lives our own, and once again, the government's job is not to tell us what day it is. We The People will decide which days to celebrate or remember, not the government. In fact does anybody even know who decides "NATIONAL DAYS OF" anyways? A corporation? A left wing think-tank? Who exactly? And why the hell should anyone care or accept any of them?
I assume that at some point the official Roman Catholic Church, based on the path it is on now, will slowly delete, forget, ignore or even do away with feast days of saints, but not tomorrow. Too soon. So get 'em while you can. One should probably pay more attention to those days than the National Empanada Day https://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-day/national-empanada-day-april-8
And really, Visibility Day is at least as important as Empanada Day isn't it?
If you read this before tomorrow, and all commenters and readers here, howabout you ignore Empanada Day, and celebrate Saint Julie Billiart. https://www.loyolapress.com/catholic-resources/saints/saints-stories-for-all-ages/saint-julie-billiart/ Who like our very own Sarah, "Many faithful Catholics resisted the French Revolution’s destruction of the church. But perhaps the most outstanding opponent of the Jacobins, and certainly the most unusual, was St. Julie Billiart, for she was paralyzed and conducted her defiance from her bed."
I'm sure everyone is as aware of Saint Julie as Empanadas but wait, there's more...
"In 1790 a schismatic priest who had sworn loyalty to the revolution took over the Cuvilly church. He tried to visit Julie but she refused to admit him. And singlehandedly the invalid persuaded the entire village to boycott him. She was very clear that no compromise with the state church was allowable or necessary, as she told a friend:
'You say it seems to you better to be schismatic rather than to be utterly without religion. But my dear friend, you cannot have weighed the matter. For, in conscience, we must not leave our brethren in error. If they go to the instructions of an intruder, they are automatically out of the way of salvation..."
So the choice is yours. you can listen to NPR and eat Empanadas or you could take a moment and read about Saint Julie. It is the eclipse after all, a truer symbol if there ever was one, don't give the enemy the power of the eclipse, take it back, eclipse their works with works of your own.
Those who live in China might have to mention Saint Julie in whispers....
Get well, Sarah, take time off, and just say hi to let us know you're still alive. (or if you've fled on a haywagon to go into hiding like Saint Julie).
I think that the transgender agenda is another of the several which Marxists are using to fragment society. They have pitted atheists & muslims against Christians, conservatives against liberals, women against men, & all of the races against each other. America isn't just a house divided, it's a house shattered.
Marxists play the long game & they are winning due to citizens' fear as well as apathy. It goes back to just after WWII when they infiltrated gov't as well as U.'s & today they have succeeded in indoctrinating 3 generations of useful idiots who will do what they're told & vote against their own interests! Wm. F. Buckley's first book was "God and Man at Yale: The Superstitions of 'Academic Freedom' published in 1951. Buckley's father Wm. Sr. knew that education was too important to be left to the gov't so he had all of his many children educated on his estate.
I can’t help but think that all this nonsense is meant to incite anger and even rage, with the hope that a protest against it will occur and be labeled another insurrection by ‘hateful deniers’. My response is to ignore it. Those who believe this nonsense will not likely respond to reason, as it is on its face absurd. A man calling himself a woman is not a woman. Anyone who doesn’t see this as true and not needing proof, is too far gone for reason. There are fundamental axioms of life that do not need proof, and this is one.
Sarah, I appreciate your reflection. The question is, how should Christians react? The best answers I have heard so far are: (1) family daily prayer and meditation (David Torkington: Family Spirituality: Christ’s Gift to the Church); (2) by doing as Moses did: "He would have decreed their destruction, had not Moses, his chosen one, **Withstood him in the breach** to turn back his destroying anger. " (Psalm 106:23)
I pray you are feeling better today!
I always enjoy hearing and reading your reports!
I believe this resident and his entire regime have pushed God too far! They openly mocked God and God’s Word!
Sarah - an excellent piece of writing that perfectly states the political attack on our Christian beliefs and standards. President Biden’s declaration was a slap in the face of all Christian faiths and the fact that the Democratic members of both houses haven’t spoken against this is appalling. I’m in total agreement that our clergy need to speak out against this heresy. I am encouraged by the number of individuals that came into the church throughout our diocese at the Easter Vigil and pray that they will help strengthen our church for the task ahead of us.
God bless you for your dedication to our beautiful Catholic faith. We desperately need you.
Paul
Spot on, except for one elephant in the room truth… and that is….
Satanic. This movement embraced by the WH is the work of Satan. What do you think evil is? Satan. What is his goal ? To destroy humans as created by God, and with the minions in power… he is succeeding, except for one glorious catch. It is only temporary, for the battle was already won on Calvery.
Calling oneself a Christian doesn't make it so. Biden isn't a Catholic, either.
We also are approaching the most sacred of holy months in the West--"Pride" Month. I also do not recall at any point in my lifetime an entire month dedicated to a certain belief and advocacy. Even Christmas, and the accompanying "Christmas season," means a lot more to varied peoples than simply an approach to the birth of Jesus, perhaps to put it mildly. But let someone, for example, dare "desecrate" a chalked rainbow crosswalk, like what happened in Kirkland, Washington, last summer, and the police become involved, public camera footage is examined in an attempt to catch the "perpetrators," criminal sanctions are threatened generally, and more.
The government's job is not to tell us what to celebrate or remember on any given day. There are more than 365 'days of' whatever nonsense and whoever pays attention to them is not paying attention. The 'National Day of' coffee cake is coming up. Yup. And does anybody ask why, who decided, what for, and why we should care? 'National All Is Ours Day' is coming up, and what the hell does that even mean?
For Catholics, the government doesn't tell you what day it is, traditional feast days and holy days have existed for hundreds of years, and for catholics and everybody else, traditional days of remembering various things not religious usually have always had something to do with the seasons. The government should only be allowed MAYBE one day a month and that's it. Our lives our own, and once again, the government's job is not to tell us what day it is. We The People will decide which days to celebrate or remember, not the government. In fact does anybody even know who decides "NATIONAL DAYS OF" anyways? A corporation? A left wing think-tank? Who exactly? And why the hell should anyone care or accept any of them?
I assume that at some point the official Roman Catholic Church, based on the path it is on now, will slowly delete, forget, ignore or even do away with feast days of saints, but not tomorrow. Too soon. So get 'em while you can. One should probably pay more attention to those days than the National Empanada Day https://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-day/national-empanada-day-april-8
And really, Visibility Day is at least as important as Empanada Day isn't it?
If you read this before tomorrow, and all commenters and readers here, howabout you ignore Empanada Day, and celebrate Saint Julie Billiart. https://www.loyolapress.com/catholic-resources/saints/saints-stories-for-all-ages/saint-julie-billiart/ Who like our very own Sarah, "Many faithful Catholics resisted the French Revolution’s destruction of the church. But perhaps the most outstanding opponent of the Jacobins, and certainly the most unusual, was St. Julie Billiart, for she was paralyzed and conducted her defiance from her bed."
I'm sure everyone is as aware of Saint Julie as Empanadas but wait, there's more...
"In 1790 a schismatic priest who had sworn loyalty to the revolution took over the Cuvilly church. He tried to visit Julie but she refused to admit him. And singlehandedly the invalid persuaded the entire village to boycott him. She was very clear that no compromise with the state church was allowable or necessary, as she told a friend:
'You say it seems to you better to be schismatic rather than to be utterly without religion. But my dear friend, you cannot have weighed the matter. For, in conscience, we must not leave our brethren in error. If they go to the instructions of an intruder, they are automatically out of the way of salvation..."
So the choice is yours. you can listen to NPR and eat Empanadas or you could take a moment and read about Saint Julie. It is the eclipse after all, a truer symbol if there ever was one, don't give the enemy the power of the eclipse, take it back, eclipse their works with works of your own.
And, just a friendly reminder: https://bitterwinter.org/catholic-churches-forced-to-the-catacombs/
Those who live in China might have to mention Saint Julie in whispers....
Get well, Sarah, take time off, and just say hi to let us know you're still alive. (or if you've fled on a haywagon to go into hiding like Saint Julie).
I think that the transgender agenda is another of the several which Marxists are using to fragment society. They have pitted atheists & muslims against Christians, conservatives against liberals, women against men, & all of the races against each other. America isn't just a house divided, it's a house shattered.
Marxists play the long game & they are winning due to citizens' fear as well as apathy. It goes back to just after WWII when they infiltrated gov't as well as U.'s & today they have succeeded in indoctrinating 3 generations of useful idiots who will do what they're told & vote against their own interests! Wm. F. Buckley's first book was "God and Man at Yale: The Superstitions of 'Academic Freedom' published in 1951. Buckley's father Wm. Sr. knew that education was too important to be left to the gov't so he had all of his many children educated on his estate.
Dear Sarah, for me, not reading/viewing a new article by you is "like a day without sunshine."
I can’t help but think that all this nonsense is meant to incite anger and even rage, with the hope that a protest against it will occur and be labeled another insurrection by ‘hateful deniers’. My response is to ignore it. Those who believe this nonsense will not likely respond to reason, as it is on its face absurd. A man calling himself a woman is not a woman. Anyone who doesn’t see this as true and not needing proof, is too far gone for reason. There are fundamental axioms of life that do not need proof, and this is one.
Sarah, I appreciate your reflection. The question is, how should Christians react? The best answers I have heard so far are: (1) family daily prayer and meditation (David Torkington: Family Spirituality: Christ’s Gift to the Church); (2) by doing as Moses did: "He would have decreed their destruction, had not Moses, his chosen one, **Withstood him in the breach** to turn back his destroying anger. " (Psalm 106:23)
Thank you Sarah🙏
Well-said Sarah. And agreed, we faithful Catholics will now need to be missionaries in our own country. Our work is cut out for us.
Joseph McCafferty
I hope you’re getting better from your concussion Sarah. Well written article is very succinct. Big hug!!!❤️❤️❤️
I could listen to your lovely voice for hours. Four minutes went too fast.