Video: How To Witness

For a direct link, click on How To Witness from Aron Campisano on Vimeo.

April teaches Kristi how to witness her faith to her high-school friends.

Video: USCCB funds groups supporting abortion, contraception, prostitution and homosexual marriage - even ACORN.

Catholic New Roundup reports that USCCB has been giving monies to groups that support or promote abortion, contraception, prostitution and homosexual marriage through its Catholic Campaign for Human Development department.  It also reports that USCCB gave $7 million to ACORN last year.

To watch the video, click here or type http://en.gloria.tv/?media=34048

They usually collect for the Human Development before Thanksgiving.  Unless the report is fraudulent, you can save your donations for a more Christian endeavor.

Vid: Devil is not a personification of an absence of good.

Micaela, my 13 year old niece, wrote in Facebook, “"God did not create evil, evil is the result of what happens when man does not have God's love present in his heart."

There is some truth and a lot of insight in there. However, one might push the idea to conclude that the devil does not really exist because, he simply a concrete representation of this negative concept – a personification of this absence.  However, there is the experience of demonic possession that contradicts this - in addition to the Church's teachings.

St . John Bosco wrote about his personal experiences with the devil e.g. that he would lift his bed then drop it.  (The Pope ordered him to write his autobiography.)

I know a priest who asked the seniors during a retreat to go and call Satan 3 times.  The boys were sent to a room one by one to do this. And one by one they came back petrified.  (This is forbidden by canon law and the priest was reckless.  He might have been desperate because the boys were not taking the retreat seriously.)

Also, did you know that the movie “The Exorcist” was based on an actual exorcism in Maryland? And "The Exorcism of Emily Rose" is generally accepted to be based on the story of Anneliese Michel.   The attached video claims to be a recording of that exorcism.



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Video released by Phil R.XP of REQUIEM ETERNAM about the real exorcism of Annelise Michel who inspired the movie Exorcism of Emily Rose. For more information about what is happened exactly all in my blog on MySpace site http://www.myspace.com/requiemeternam7

Source click here or type: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4n9vK0_mdk

Spanish commentary and video presentation click here or type  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVd6u-LqoNc
En verano de 1973, los padres acudieron a la parroquia local solicitando a los religiosos que su hija fuera sometida a un exorcismo. En principio, todos ellos lo rechazaron, ya que la doctrina de la Iglesia Católica con respecto a estas prácticas es muy estricta. Entre otras cosas, los poseídos, según la Iglesia, deben ser capaces de hablar lenguas que nunca han estudiado, tener poderes sobrenaturales, y mostrar una gran aversión hacia los símbolos religiosos.

Poco después, el párroco Ernst Alt, considerado un reputado experto en la materia, creyó probar que Anneliese reunía las condiciones suficientes para considerarse endemoniada y consiguió el permiso de las autoridades eclesiásticas para realizar un exorcismo siguiendo los pasos del Rituale Romanum.

Durante las sesiones (muchas de ellas documentadas de forma audiovisual), Anneliese manifestó estar poseída por hasta seis demonios diferentes, incluidos Lucifer, Belial, Caín, Judas Iscariote y Nerón. También afirmó estar bajo el poder de los espíritus de Hitler y de un párroco caído en desgracia. El exorcismo se prolongó durante un año y finalmente Anneliese murió a los 23 años. Está registrado que las últimas palabras que la joven dijo a su madre fueron "Madre, tengo miedo" y que la última frase que dirigido a los exorcistas fue "Por favor, pidan la absolución". La autopsia de Anneliese atribuyó el fallecimiento a la desnutrición y deshidratación. Antes de eso, se había destrozado las rodillas en ataques de genuflexión (Acción de doblar una rodilla en señal de adoración a Dios. www.iglesia.cl/especiales/canonizacionpr ensa/docs/glosario.doc)compulsiva.

Este hecho, inspiró los filmes: El Exorcismo de Emily Rose y Requiem (El exorcismo de Micaela).

Vid: Christian Externalities & the Heart

Source click at Theology of Heart from Mothlight Creative on Vimeo.

Video: Making things right with God and others. (Free therapy that goes to the root of the problem.)

Cute babe talks all about it - the why, what, how, myths, benefits, ways, arguments and fears about making things right with God and others.

It's entertaining, informative and hopefully helpful to you. God bless.


(Video subtitulado en español)

Source click here or type http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GN62MKWd4Ko.

Vid: Presentation about love of God and the counterfeits of the world

Direct link type http://www.tangle.com/view_video?viewkey=ee73e63418003b47d7d5

This can be used for youth presentations. It is awesome just to watch.

Vatican corrects US bishops

Archbishop Raymond L. Burke

Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Last week, the Vatican in the person of Archbishop Raymond L. Burke, Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura had to correct erring bishops in matters of pastoral discipline as it pertains to politicians who support abortion legislation and policies.  "Neither Holy Communion nor funeral rites should be administered to such politicians," said Archbishop Burke. "To deny these is not a judgment of the soul, but a recognition of the scandal and its effects."  

In an interview, Abp. Wuerl (click here), stated that he won't deny communion to pro-abortion politicians because he is not their bishop even if they are in Washington, D.C. However, he would honor the decision of the bishops of the politicians' home diocese.

Archbishop Donal Wuerl

Bishop of the Archdiocese of Washington D.C.

For Abp. Wuerl, giving communion to pro-abortion politicians is up to the bishops' discretion - contrary to the instruction of canon 915 by Abp. Burke. Based on that, Abp. Wuerl cannot cop out using the quasi-jurisdictional limitation over the politicians who work in DC; because, it is not discretionary.  It is not up to the bishop.  So even if the home bishop allows the pol, that is no excuse.  I think he's just afraid to cross these  politicians because, they might pull some strings and end his Washington career just like what happened to Bishop Martino. But that's just me. And I hope my bishop remembers Whom to fear really because, the unborn are being murdered daily by the thousands making Herod at Bethlehem look like a pajama party.
Source: http://www.politicsdaily.com/2009/05/06/archbishop-wuerl-why-i-won-t-deny-pelosi-communion/

Archbishop Sean O'Malley

Archbishop of Boston

Consider the funeral Mass and burial services of the late Senator Ted Kennedy, who is by far the staunchest supporter of abortion rights. Despite a prohibition in Church law, Cardinal Seán P. O'Malley allowed and attended the funeral Mass at the Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help where the late senator was practically canonized in the eulogies and prayers. He should not have been given a Catholic funeral at all according to Abp. Burke. Click here for a text of his damage control explanation.  But the cardinal knew that.  It must have been nice to hob-nob with the aristocrats of New England.  But it would have been nicer to serve the Lord and His people faithfully.

Hopefully the correction from the Vatican will not fall on arrogant ears and we won't hear, "I am the bishop and this is my turf!"  The people still belongs to God and are united to the Church in Rome.  "The Church's unity is founded on speaking the truth in love.  This does not destroy unity but helps to repair a breach in the life of the Church",  emphasized Abp. Burke.

So the bishops do not own the community;  the community owns them.  Gone are the days when lay people have to be taught using stained glass pictures.  In this information age, the laity can go directly to the Pope and Curia.  So, if erring bishops persist in defying the law of Church then the community can report them or practically fire them by no longer supporting them financially or otherwise.