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Christian Blogger: ‘Be Likeminded’ (Rom 15:5)

leeduigon(patty)June 20, 2021

Some Christian blogs are harder than others to post here–but we should all do that for one another, inasmuch as we can.

So let’s see if I can give you “Kristi Ann’s Haven” today…

https://kristiann1.com/author/kristiann1/

(I won’t be able to see whether it worked until after it’s posted.)

The thing I love about the Epistle to the Romans is the host of real people who come in at the end, when St. Paul salutes them. These are our fathers and mothers in the faith!

(Well, let’s see if it worked.)

Well, OK, it did! And if you scroll down a little on the original, you’ll see a picture of beautiful grapes on the vine. How that brings me back to my grandpa’s house! He had a nice grape arbor that bore abundant fruit every year.

U.S. Bishops Move Toward Denying Communion to Pols Who Support Abortion

leeduigon(patty)June 19, 2021

Saint Thomas Becket | Biography, Facts, Death, Patron Saint Of, & Significance | Britannica

The murder (in the cathedral!) of St. Thomas a Becket

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, in search of “Eucharistic coherence,” yesterday voted almost 3-1 to “proceed with drafting a formal statement on the meaning of Communion” which would include a provision to deny Communion to Catholic politicians who support abortion (https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/559167-bishops-vote-to-proceed-with-drafting-document-on-denying-communion).

Biden, Pelosi, Kerry, Cuomo–are you listening?

A formal vote will be taken at the bishops’ next meeting in November, having allowed four months for debate.

Their action would have to be approved by the Vatican, which has signaled that it will not approve the measure–thus achieving Eucharistic incoherence. “It’s okay for the big shots to support abortion, but it’s still a sin!”

Where’s St. Thomas a Becket when we need him? But he was murdered for asserting the church’s independence from the King of England.

The Red Pope says he doesn’t want the Eucharist to be “used as a political weapon.” Well, sunshine, it goes with the territory.

I wonder if there’s a schism in the church’s future.

Supreme Court Upholds Catholic Charities’ Religious Freedom

leeduigon(patty)June 18, 2021

Catholic Social Services (@CSSPhiladelphia) | Twitter

In yet another 9-0 decision against Far Left Crazy, the Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that Catholic Social Services, a foster care agency, cannot be forced to hand children over to pairs of homosexuals or transgenders (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/supreme-court-foster-care-philadelphia-catholic-social-services/).

Nine to nothing. That means even Kagan and Sotomayor couldn’t agree to strong-arm a religious group into violating its core principles.

The city of Philadelphia started it in 2018, terminating its contract with Catholic Social Services because they wouldn’t accept “gays” as foster parents, nor would they endorse “gay” parodies of marriage.

Contrary to what Hillary Clinton & Co. say, “religious freedom” does not consist solely of being allowed to worship at home or within the four walls of a church. If people can be forced to act against their religious beliefs, said the Supreme Court, then there is no meaningful religious freedom.

Duh… You don’t say?

This will doubtless re-fuel Democrat wet dreams of packing the Supreme Court and turning it into a political football, devoid of authority.

“Woke” must be totally destroyed.

By Special Request, ‘What a Friend We Have in Jesus’

leeduigon(patty)June 17, 2021

I posted this hymn a few days ago, with Doc Watson singing it, but “thewhiterabbit” has asked for it again today–and, well, I do try to fulfill all hymn requests. We can’t have too many hymns.

What a Friend We Have in Jesus, here sung by Alan Jackson–and again a veteran performer can’t sing this without a tear in the eye. I don’t blame him. Do you?

My Newswithviews Column, June 17 (‘The Pope’s Mixed Message’)

leeduigon(patty)June 17, 2021

Joe Biden thanks Pope Francis for his 'blessings' in call with pontiff

Why did Pope Francis this week back out of giving Communion to Joe Biden? I mean, since when do abortion-happy Democrat politicians not receive Communion? Read on:

The Pope’s Mixed Message

Meanwhile, American bishops are worried that they’re not making sense anymore, so they want to come to a meeting of the minds on “Eucharistic coherence.” As a possible alternative to Eucharistic incoherence.

Churches forfeit their moral authority when they decide a sin is not a sin and the Bible’s wrong for saying it is.

I think I’d have to tell those bishops that the S.S. Moral Authority sailed several years ago…

And that the raft of expediency won’t hold them.

‘How Firm a Foundation’

leeduigon(patty)June 17, 2021

Let’s start this blogging day with an old-fashioned hymn–How Firm a Foundation, sung by Maddy Prior and the Carnival Band. This is probably what the hymn sounded like when it was new.

We are open all day and all night for hymn requests.

‘Gloria in Excelsis Deo’ (Andrea Bocelli)

leeduigon(patty)June 16, 2021

I didn’t realize this was going to turn out to be (only in Latin) Angels We Have Heard on High; but once he started singing, I didn’t want Andrea Bocelli to stop. Gloria in Excelsis Deo, “Glory to God in the Highest”–none the worse for being heard in June.

Meanwhile, we’re ready to post your favorite hymns. All you have to do is ask.

Pope Dodges Communion with Biden

leeduigon(patty)June 15, 2021

Joe Biden thanks Pope Francis for his 'blessings' in call with pontiff

What’s wrong with this picture?

Should the head of the Catholic Church personally administer communion to a politician who avidly supports and promotes abortion, sodomy, and “transgender”?

Even Francis I, the Red Pope, is afraid to test the thickness of that ice.

China Joe had asked the Pope to do the honors for him, but yesterday the Pope called it off (https://theduran.com/too-woke-for-the-pope-pope-francis-nixes-mass-with-joe-biden-video/). And tomorrow the U.S. bishops will begin a discussion on “Eucharistic coherence”–that is, the teaching that a Catholic can’t have communion and still “act in deeds or words against the commandments,” among which is a strong prohibition of abortion.

Ah! But at the same time, the Vatican has “warned” American bishops not to withhold communion from, ahem, “Catholic” politicians who continue to support and promote abortion. Mixed message, anyone? They say it’s because they don’t want the Eucharist getting mixed up with politics. Well, wouldn’t it be convenient if we could compartmentalize life to that extent?

And the bishops are in a bind because they’ve let things slide for too long and now they have to choose: stand against abortion, or wilt before the political bosses and perhaps lose all moral authority. Who’s going to listen to them if they declare abortion is a sin and then turn around and give communion to the likes of Biden, Nancy Pelosi, John Kerry, etc.

Please note that all the fake Catholic politicians who promote abortion are Democrats.

Oh, boys! You’ve run out of time for business as usual.

‘What a Friend We Have in Jesus’

leeduigon(patty)June 15, 2021

This hymn never fails to move me–What a Friend We Have in Jesus, performed by Doc Watson. You know he’s sung this hymn in public more times than he can count; but look what happens when he sings it.

Me, too, Doc. Me, too.