What a way to say, "I love you back."

When I was growing up, my mom took me along whenever she drove around. During those rides, she told me about her life going all the way back as a young girl: what she did like popped her brother's zits and how she felt e.g. admiration towards her dad a lawyer who cleaned the sewer system around the house.

She's been long gone - for about 30 years. I missed saying goodbye to her when she died as I was across the world serving the Church. Yet, she lingers in my mind and heart all this time because, my kids look like her.

This morning, as I was feeding my 1 year old girl, I felt like feeding my mom when she was a baby. It's surreal but wonderful - like my mom coming back in a time machine and having me take care of her with the same commitment and sacrifice that she gave me. I now have a way to say, "I love you back."

Parenting and St. John Bosco's practice of the one on one meeting "Rendiconto"

I have 5 children: 12, 8, 7, 4 & 1 year olds. The 4 yr girl monopolizes my time as soon as I get home. She would cry if I didn't give her a piggy back or sit next to her to watch Barney. The problem is that I don't get a chance to spend more time with the others. So, I assigned a night for every child and took that child out for the night. I realized that the others wanted my attention as badly as the 4 year old. I can excuse myself from her saying, "It's not her night." She still insists but later gives in knowing that she has her own night.

This event is spent on Wendy's for a cheeseburger, Chucky Cheese's for games or Marshall's for new trousers depending on the interest of the child. But whatever it is, every child has a night for my full and complete attention.

It's a time to ask about things or better still encourage them to talk about themselves so I'll know the issues and problems. It also gives me a chance to affirm and guide them, encourage or correct them - privately "in camera caritatis". Last night, I told my 12 year old son that I will always be his father no matter how badly he messes up; God forbid but just in case.

St. John Bosco did this with his seminarians. It is called a "Rendiconto" or manifestation where the person is full candor bared his soul with all the concerns, aspirations, failures and successes.

Planned Parenthood deceives kids to masturbate or fornicate without guilt

It case someone does not know, it is not OK to masturbate. It is a serious sin - killing the soul. It also destroys a persons character by stunting him into an addictive cycle of self gratification - a bad habit. It ruins the personality hence the term "jerk" by focusing the individual into himself instead of relating to others.

BBC Documentary on Polgrom on Coptic Christians in Egypt.

From the BBC documentary Children of the Revolution

Planned Parenthood destroys children's innocence and hooks them on impure habits.

Planned Parenthood exposes children to sexual material in order to seed a generation of sex addicts, who will become future customers for the abortion giant.

WARNING: This report exposes Planned Parenthood's sex programs using images from Planned Parenthood's own websites and events.

Are Card. Wuerl's pastors closet Obama supporters? Dissent within the Archdiocese of Washington D.C.

Remember when I posted about how disappointed I was with Card. Wuerl because I did not hear his letter against the HHS mandate read during the homily. One of my friends commented that she could not believe that he would not write against it.

So, I searched and found his letter. It is posted in the Archdiocesan site as well as St. Matthew's and Bl. Sacrament's. Bottom line, not all the parishes showed up. And I am now positive now that the pastor did not read it. How many others skipped it? Just look at their websites. If it is not even there, then most likely it was not read. But more importantly is why?

Are they closet supporters of Obama? Despite the leadership of Card. Wuerl to oppose the unconscionable mandate, did these pastors choose to stay out of the frey for fear of offending the Democrats and Liberals in the pews. I think we have a problem here.

BTW, please don't track down my parish using my pictures. I live within a 5 mile radius from 7, SEVEN, parishes. So, I could have gone to any of them. I am registered at one but I go to others for various reasons e.g. schedule, ethnic Mass, charismatic preacher, Jesuits, et al. But I digressed.

The thing is do check the parish sites in the archdiocese of Washington D.C. If you don't find the letter of Cardinal Wuerl against the HHS mandate, you may want to email or call the pastor. If we speak out, then that might cast away their fears of the Liberals.

Obama's HHS Compromise (ppt slides)