Saturday, May 7, 2011

Happy Mother's Day!

To Crown A Life

Love is a filling from one's own,
Another's cup,
Love is the daily laying down
And taking up;
A choosing of the stoney path
Through each new day,
That other feet may tread with ease
A smoother way.
Love is not blind, but looks abroad
Through other's eyes;
And asks not, "Must I give?"
But "May I sacrifice?"
Love hides its grief, that other hearts
And lips may sing;
And burdened walks, that other lives
May buoyant wing.
Hast thou a love like this?
Within thy soul?
'Twill crown thy life with bliss
When thou dost reach the goal.

-Author Unknown

Have a lovely day!


God is at work in you!

First Holy Communion Pictures

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Live in Imitation of Christ

Also encourage others in their walk with Christ,
especially our young people.


God is at work in you!

Rethinking the Hardy Dandelion

A thriving metaphor for God’s love.

“Why then did God create a world? God created the world for something like the same reason that we find it hard to keep a secret! Good things are hard to keep…The rose is good, and tells its secret in perfume. The sun is good, and tells its secret in light and heat. Man is good, and tells the secret of his goodness in the language of thought. But God is infinitely good and therefore infinitely loving. Why therefore could not He by a free impulsion of His love let love overflow and bring new worlds into being? God could not keep, as it were, the secret of His love, and the telling of it was creation.” 1

~Fulton J. Sheen

Flowers seem to get more beautiful as I get older. Imagine being there to witness the moment when God lovingly created all the many flowers, in all their striking colors, varieties, and combinations. Yellow daffodils. The red rose. A white lily. Pink impatiens. A purple iris. Then, in His infinite generosity, he added white, yellow, and coral varieties to the rose, and pink and yellow to the lily. Impatiens transformed by the Divine brushstroke to purple, white, and red. During spring in Michigan, the trees and bushes erupt in flowers of red, pink, coral, and snow white. The sight and the smells are heavenly.

Where I live, my wonderful neighbors do a great job creating beautiful flower gardens in their yards that emanate extraordinary color. They take great care and work hard so their lawns are well manicured, green, and beautiful. While my flower gardens are in fine shape, my lawn is different from all the others. For a short time every spring, I have the only yard that is dotted with a multitude of yellow flowers. Truthfully they are dandelions, and dandelions are weeds.

I am a huge fan of dandelions, for they are the perfect metaphor for God’s love. Even the name is a metaphor for God. The powerful lion is king of the jungle. God is King of all Kings. The dandelion is one powerful plant, while God is one powerful Creator. We humans do not always place great value on the dandelion and work hard to get rid of them, but the plant keeps emerging year after year. Sometimes we do this with God when we do not place enough value on our relationship with Him, but He keeps up His loving pursuit of us. Oh the Majesty, if only we would notice! The dandelion can never be fully contained and is very resilient, just like God’s love.

If dandelions could somehow be contained, I would create lovely gardens all over my yard in different patterns of bright yellow. That is impossible, so instead of spreading dandelions all over my community, I will spread the love of God which is even more beautiful. I will create gardens full of joy, inspiration, and kindness, bordered with gladness, compassion, and mercy. Love will make the gardens spectacular, and the seeds will spread with every gesture, every word, every good intention, every good deed that comes to fruition, and will create more stunning gardens every place I go. 2
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1. Fulton J. Sheen, The Divine Romance (New York: Alba House, 1996), p. 31-32.
2. Michele Elena Bondi, God Moments: Stories That Inspire, Moments to Remember (Rochester, MI: Joseph Karl Publishing, 2009), Chapter 2.

Friday, May 6, 2011

JKP Adds New Images to Its Free Pro-Life Picture Gallery

Please share the images with others and pray for an end to abortion.




To view our entire Free Pro-Life Image Gallery,
please visit:

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If you or anyone you know is considering having an abortion,
know that real help is available!

Don't buy the lie that having an abortion is your only choice.

Abortion doesn't solve problems;
abortion destroys people.

Friends, family, professionals, and volunteers
with true compassion
will never suggest killing your child
as a way to "help you."

Contact:

http://www.optionline.org/

or call anytime:

800-395-4357

If you or anyone you know is in need of
post-abortion help and healing,
know that help is available!

Contact Rachel's Vineyard today:
http:www.rachelsvineyard.org

God is so in love with you!

Catholic Authors Compose from the Rock


Fulton J. Sheen & Nancy Carabio Belanger

Looking For Life-Changing Reading?

Let's save lives so our children can grow up reading books that lead them to Christ and to heaven.

Joseph Karl Publishing is committed to protecting and peacefully defending life from conception until natural death.

Pro-life efforts will be posted on this blog as a public service to all of humanity, because true love leads to life both here and in eternity.

Join us in defending Truth. Pray for an end to abortion and euthanasia everywhere.

"Thou shalt not kill."

Rally In Support of Iowa Fetal Pain Bill on Saturday, May 7, 2011

Sent May 6, 2011

By Operation Rescue

If you cannot be present, please continue to e-mail Senators at the link below!

Council Bluffs, IA - Pro-life supporters continue to fight to protect late-term babies from abortion in Iowa where abortionist LeRoy Carhart has vowed to open an abortion mill specializing in the grisly procedures. A rally will be held Saturday, May 7, 2011 in support of the Iowa Fetal Pain Bill, HF 657, which is being held up by abortion supporters in the Senate.

Rally Information

Date: Saturday, May 7

Time: 10:30 AM

Location: Westside of Bayliss Park, which is located right near city hall in downtown Council Bluffs

Speakers: House Reps. Hanusa, Brandendburg, Iowa Right to Life Executive Director Jenifer Bowen, Martin Cannon (lawyer from Omaha that defends pro-life legislation and helped draft the Nebraska law) and others.

The bill would ban abortions after 20 weeks, when late-term babies are known to feel pain. It is similar to a new law in Nebraska which successfully forced Carhart to move his late-term abortion business to Kansas. Carhart is now under a full investigation by the Maryland Board of Physicians that could result in the revocation in that state, making Iowa Carhart's next target state for late-term abortions.

The Fetal Pain bill passed easily in the Iowa House, but was assigned to a Senate committee that had no intention of bringing the bill out for a floor debate. Suing a rare maneuver, the majority of Senators filed a petition that forced the bill out of committee and onto the Senate calendar. However, the Senate manager has yet to call the bill up for a vote and hostile amendments threaten insure that it does not pass.

Senate Majority Leader Mike Gronstal, a pro-abortion Democrat, is from Council Bluffs and has been strongly pressured by his constituents, the Council Bluffs, Mayor, and the local paper to allow the bill an up or down vote. Gronstal has sent mixed messages about it, but appears to be stonewalling. Governor Terry Branstad has come out in support of the Fetal Pain bill, calling it "necessary." He promises to sign it, if passed.

"We urge everyone in the Council Bluffs area to attend this important rally and let the politicians in Des Moines know that the will of the people is to protect life," said Operation Rescue President Troy Newman. "If this bill fails, the blood of untold innocent babies will be on the hands of those who prevented this common sense protection for late-term babies for going through."

Even if you do not live in Iowa, your voice is needed. Carhart solicits late-term abortion customers from every state, so this bill could affect someone you love.

Senate Majority Leader Mike Gronstal and the rest of the Iowa Senate urgently need to hear from you! Ask them to allow floor debate and an up or down vote on HF 657, the Fetal Pain bill.

Click on the link to go to Operation Rescue's page, where there is a button that will let you E-mail every Iowa State Senator at once: http://www.operationrescue.org/archives/rally-saturday-in-support-of-iowa-fetal-pain-bill/

To contact Sen. Gronstal specifically:

Legislative Email: mike.gronstal@legis.state.ia.us

Home Phone: 712.328.2808

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About Operation Rescue®

Operation Rescue is one of the leading pro-life Christian activist organizations in the nation and has become a strong voice for the pro-life movement in America. Operation Rescue is now headquartered in a former abortion clinic that it bought and closed in 2006. From there, Operation Rescue launches its innovative new strategies across the nation, exposing and closing abortion clinics through peaceful, legal means. Its activities are on the cutting edge of the abortion issue, taking direct action to stop abortion and ultimately restore legal personhood to the pre-born in obedience to biblical mandates.

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Web site: www.operationrescue.org

E-mail: info@operationrescue.org


Please pray that the Iowa Fetal Pain Bill is supported,

and pray for an end to abortion and euthanasia worldwide.

True love leads to life.

A Morning for Life ~ May 9th

Abortion destroys lives.

Please pray on May 9th from where ever you are for an end to abortion.

A solemn prayer vigil for life, which is open to the public, follows holy Mass and begins at 11:30 a.m. at the recently opened Planned Parenthood facility in Houston, Texas.

The 78,000 square foot building makes it the largest late-term abortuary in America.

Take a look at the billboard sign in the flyer that presents planned killing as a good thing.

America, do not be fooled as our citizens, defenseless children, are being legally killed for profit!

Please participate in the vigil by praying, wherever you are, for an end to abortion, which is the greatest assault against human life in the history of mankind.
For more information please visit:


If you or anyone you know is considering having an abortion,
know that real help is available!

Don't buy the lie that having an abortion is your only choice.

Abortion doesn't solve problems;
abortion destroys people.

People with true compassion
will never offer to kill your child
as a way to "help you."

Contact:

http://www.optionline.org/

or call anytime:

800-395-4357

True love leads to life!

If you or anyone you know is in need of
post-abortion help and healing,
know that help is available!

Contact Rachel's Vineyard today:
http:www.rachelsvineyard.org

God is so in love with you!

Sunday, May 1, 2011

The Incredible Feast of Divine Mercy

His Mercy is for everyone,
without exception.

God is so in love with us!

Be sure to return His love
and share His love with everyone you meet.

Saturday, April 30, 2011

Happy Feast of Divine Mercy & Beatification of Pope John Paul II

Totus Tuus: Always Yours

It is our destiny to grow in holiness.
Ascend higher!

Have a lovely, lovely day
on the glorious Feast of Divine Mercy
and
the
Beatification of Pope John Paul II.

God is so in love with us.