God Became a Child

God became a Child
Monday, Dec. 24th, 2007
Pope Benedict XVI:
“The Word became flesh. Alongside this Johannine truth there has to be put also the Marian truth by Luke. This is not only an immensely great and remote happening; it is something very close and human.

“God became a child who needed a mother. He became a child, someone born with tears on his cheeks, whose first utterance is a cry for help, whose first gesture consists in outstretched hands searching for protection. God became a child.

“Nowadays, we also hear it being said, in contrast, that this, after all, would be nothing but a sentimentality better put aside. Yet the New Testament thinks differently.

“For the Faith of the Bible and the Church, it is important that God desired to be such a creature who has to depend on a mother, on the sheltering love of humans. He wished to be dependent in order to awaken in us love that purifies and redeems.

“God became a child and every child is dependent. To be a child thus contains already the theme of the search for shelter, the elementary motive of Christmas.

“In our days we experience this anew and in disturbing ways: the child knocks on the doors of our world. The child is knocking. This search for shelter is profound.

“There is indeed an atmosphere of hostility toward children, but is this not preceded by an attitude that altogether bars any child from entering this world because there would be no more room for him?

“The child knocks. If we would receive him we are to rethink thoroughly our own attitude towards human life. Here we are dealing with fundamentals, with our very concept of what is meant to be human: to live in grandiose selfishness or in confident freedom that knows its vocation to be united in love, to be free to accept one another.”

From Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, Co-Workers of the Truth, Meditations for Every Day of the Year, 1992, Ignatius Press, San Francisco, Dec. 24th entry. Veritas:

And let us run with endurance the race that God has set before us. We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, on whom our Faith depends from start to finish. Heb. 12

A Blessed Christmas and a Joyful New Year
George H. Kubeck and Cinops Be Gone: Will return on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2008

Medal of Honor Recipent - Henry Hyde

Medal of Honor Recipient - Henry Hyde
Sunday, Dec, 23, 2007
Congressman Henry Hyde was the hero to the pro-life movement in America. He was an American statesman of great renown.

In announcing Hyde as the recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom which was awarded November 5th, President George Bush noted his pro-life stance first. “Henry Hyde has served America with distinction. During his career in the House of Representatives, he was a powerful defender of life and a leading advocate for a strong national defense and for freedom around the world,” said the announcement.

Hyde was the first person to win a political victory for the pro-life cause since Roe vs. Wade, with his Hyde Amendment in 1976 banning federal public spending on abortions.

While in public office Hyde was often described as "U.S. Roman Catholicism’s most distinguished laymen.”

He believed that the tendency to equate issues such as poverty and healthcare with abortion provides Catholic-in-name-only politicians with the cover they seek to maintain their Catholic affiliation and at the same time pander to Planned Parenthood.

He believed that the Church needs to maintain its moral authority and condemn those who want to receive Holy Communion while not in the state of sanctifying grace.

Hyde remained a crucial pro-life advocate throughout his career in Congress. He retired last year after honorably serving for 32 years.

Henry Hyde is a role model, a torch and a road map for the pro-life movement’s victory in 2008 for a pro-life President and Congress.

Perhaps Henry Hyde’s best remembered commentary on the issue of abortion is this quote:

“When the time comes as it surely will, when we face the awesome moment, the final judgment. I’ve often thought, as Fulton Sheen wrote, that it is a terrible moment of loneliness. You have no advocates, you are there alone standing before God – and a terror will rip through your soul like nothing you can imagine.

“But I really think that those in the pro-life movement will not be alone. I think there will a chorus of voices that have never been heard in this world but are heard beautifully and clearly in the next world – and they will plead for everyone who has been in this movement. They will say to God, ‘Spare him because he loved us.’
That day has come for Henry Hyde. He died a couple of weeks ago. There is no doubt that the chorus of voices is in full tune.

A Blessed Christmas and a Joyous New Year to all readers of this Blog, Cinops Be Gone.
George H. Kubeck, Duplicate and or translate into Spanish.

St. Therese of Lisieux --- 3 of 3 and Addendum
Saturday, Dec. 22, 2007
Final page of excerpts of a talk on St. Therese:

She is a doctor of the Church. I know no other thing to reach perfection but it is through love. It is all important to fill our lives with acts of love to come and to see the vision of God. In the evening of life my vocation is Love.

We can’t love if we are not little. Can we do things with love? To love more and do things for God and the lives of others:

Think of the person you love the least in your life; that is how much you love God. One loves God in the measure one loves another. She will offer up hidden sacrifices. She was always with Sisters who are difficult to get along with. She did this to please Jesus. … St. John of the Cross … We have to try and keep trusting. St. Therese wanted her whole life to become one single act of perfect love.

We are asking for that love that has been rejected by others. We can make sacrifices for others. To make God loved. Offering of Mystical Love and offering to the Merciful Love. “I was on fire with love.” St. John of the Cross. Few persons have reached these heights.

There is a charism of Therese. It was not meant for herself. It is my weakness that overcomes her weakness. God is not loved enough. He is so good and kind. At her death her last words, My God I love you. She went into ecstasy. What did she see? The statue of our Lady: She saw her judgment.

Do things with love. To please Jesus. Believe in his mercy. To love those who are most difficult. Pray with love for the conversion of sinners, especially for priests. It is to love and please Jesus. God will account us for not praying for priests. Priests are weak and are sinners. Priests need prayers. You can save others. Pray for Priests, it is an act of love for Jesus.

George H. Kubeck, Posted in the early mornings – www.cinipsbegone.blogspot.com/

Addendum:

All good things must come to an end. Then we start over again on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2008. We have two more articles this coming Sunday and Monday, one on Medal of Honor recipient Henry Hyde, Pope Benedict XVI God Became A Child with a Christmas vacation December 25th to December 31, 2007.

We wish you a Blessed Christmas and a Joyous New Year.

St. Therese of Lisieux - 2 of 3

St. Therese of Lisieux – 2 of 3
Friday, Dec. 21, 2007
Excerpts from a talk on St. Therese: (continued)

Marie was her older sister. Why can’t we receive Holy Communion as children often? In her preparation for her first communion, Therese made 818 sacrifices. She looked as someone out of this world. I felt myself loved. We were no longer two. Jesus alone remained, the master and king. She wept on her first and second communion. She had to wait for two weeks. It is Christ who lives within me. The deep longing that Christ had to be with us in Holy Communion. Awareness that after her death, she would do more for her Sisters:

In December, 1905, Pope Pius X promoted frequent Communion because Jesus desired it. You want to receive the yearning Jesus has for us, the deep desire to come into the hearts of each one of us.

The Manna in the desert was eaten each day. We need Jesus to get through to live this life with love so that that we can receive heaven. Give us this day Our Daily Bread. When we receive we grow in grace. You become brilliant and beautiful. He comes as a healer. Jesus takes over. He does beautiful things. He wants to heal us and transform us into His image. J.P. II … prolongs and intensifies the effects and deepening of grace, a transformation of us:

One soul can change the world and the Eucharist does this. All I do is Love. Prayer is powerful. It has to be love so it can reach the heart of God. Receive Him well. Ask him for great things. I desire to give much. If you ask for little, Jesus is saddened.

What does audacious confidence mean? 1) Profound repentance of our sinfulness. Repent of a life that merits purgatory. 2) Humility: We don’t deserve the Mercy of God. His infinite love is to transform us. We tap into that desire, Faith, Hope (audacious) and we do it for love. That’s why you ask for great things!

You ask but not out of self-love. You are asking for these great things. Ask through Our Lady to please Jesus. Believe in His infinite Goodness. 1) Audacious
Confidence 2) Receive Him as often as you can 2) Love alone matters. Love Him.

We can be deceived in the spiritual life. We can have false ideas. The one thing that pleases is not the extraordinary activities. What God wants is Love. The worthy Mother of God was profoundly hidden- washed dishes – took care of a child – she shared what she had –she did not complain. She did that with unimaginable love. She ravished the heart of God. She did nothing great exteriorly. It was her love. The smallest amount of pure love is more useful to the Church than anything else. Therese is reflection or Our Lady.

She was a nobody in the covenant and she is the greatest saint in modern times. She did the will of God. Love is the one thing necessary. Cont. tomorrow

George H. Kubeck, Posted in the early mornings – www.cinopsbegone.blogspot.com/

St. Therese of Lisieux - 1 of 3

St. Therese of Lisieux – 1 of 3
Thursday, Dec. 20, 2007
Excerpts from a Dec. 1st talk on St. Therese.
She is the youngest Doctor of the Church. She had this profound wisdom. She lost her mother at the age of four and one-half years. Her second mother Pauline later became a nun. On May 10, 1883, there was a crisis and a serious illness. It looked as if she was going to die. Then Our Blessed Mother appeared to her for 4-5 minutes. She was in ecstasy and then she was fine.
She had a deep knowledge of Jesus. Everything has to be done with love. That alone matters: She began to do everything in order to please Jesus. I am going to show you how. First, we have to think correct thoughts about God. God is greater than our hearts. God is infinitely merciful and we abandon to Him without limits.

Believe in the goodness of God and trusting in God without limits. We can’t imagine what God is. God humbled himself and became man out of love. He dies on the cross. All that suffering for each one of us out of love: This is the mystery of God’s love. Jesus remains with us today. That is truly Jesus. He is always there for us. We first have to believe in the mercy of God.
Therese was a 14 year old in the catechism class. She was deeply concerned to what will happen to a child who is not baptized…. She hoped that children who are not baptized will see the face of Jesus. There is a need to baptize children as soon as possible.

Live in such a way that you wont go to purgatory. We have to abandon ourselves to Him…. The gentleness and infinite goodness of God is so important for our spiritual lives. The devil says God abandons you. We take the first steps and God is running towards us. Therese had found simplicity.
The soul receives from God exactly what he expects. Approach God with confidence and faith. The woman who touches Jesus. She was healed because of faith. If you can, all things are possible if you believe. I believe increases my faith. Therese asked for great things to be holier than Teresa of Avila.

Be perfect as your heavenly Father is. She asked for the grace to have always the Eucharist with her. Mother Agnes of Jesus said that she meant that literally. When Theresa has no doubts about anything, as if she was a tabernacle. It is to love Him more than He is ever been loved before. That is the prayer of Therese.
1) Pray for the state of grace when dying. 2) Pray for love. If you possess love you have everything. Pray for love and believe in His infinite mercy. To heal and do incredible things with your life. Trust in Him. You got to receive Him in Holy Communion as often as you can.

God fully present under the appearance of bread. When we celebrate Mass all of heaven is present. They see the essence of God. They see the Holy Trinity. They are fully and substantially present. They are looking with awe. How is it possible that God is here under the appearance of bread? Heaven is the essence of God, truly Jesus is present here. Therese wanted to please Jesus as soon as possible. Cont. tomorrow

George H. Kubeck, Posted in the early mornings – www.cinopsbegone.blogsport.com/

Leon Joseph Cardinal Suenens: Holiness

Leon Joseph Cardinal Suenens: Holiness:
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Excerpts from a talk given by the Cardinal to a Worldwide Retreat for Priests: 6000 priest attended the retreat at the Paul VI Audience Hall, Vatican City, Oct. 5-9, 1984. “Be Holy” God’s First Call to Priest Today. 1987 Greenlawn Press, S.B. Indiana.

“A Call to Holiness” is the theme of your retreat, and it is important to ask just what these words mean. Is holiness something rare and quite extraordinary, like climbing great mountains, or advancing against terrible odds to reach the pinnacle of a certain endeavor? Is that what our call to holiness is like! No, for me it is far simpler! The call to holiness is nothing more or less than a call to remain exactly what we already are, while fully aware of just what that is.”…

“To the question of a reporter and with only a second to seek from the Holy Spirit the right answer, I replied: “A Saint is a normal Christian, no more, no less. The only trouble is that the rest of us are far too abnormal!”

“Being holy is exactly what every Christian should normally be…. More than anything else, holiness is a Person, the divine Person called the Holy Spirit. This makes our “Call to Holiness” a call to the Holy Spirit; a call to surrender to the Sanctifier and Creator of all holiness. He is the Holiness of God, and the Sanctifier and Creator of all holiness. He is the Holiness of God, and he makes Christians normal by coming to them to make them saints!

“Our Lord said, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to me” (Jn.7:37). Well, priests today are certainly thirsty, made so by a modern world that causes the exercise of their ministry to be so paradoxical. It is a paradox, and a great suffering as well, to offering the blood of Christ and the waters of life to those who admit no thirst. We know the thirst is there, but those suffering it only deny it. They not only refuse what we offer, but even fail to understand or show interest in what we are saying. …

“Explaining suffering is never easy. After reading thousands of learned pages on the subject, the closest I have come to a good answer is this single line: “Jesus did not come to explain our suffering, to take it away. He came to us to put it to use, and fill it with his presence.”…

“When I hear people saying that the Scriptures which tell them how to live are far too obscure, I always answer by quoting Mark Twain: “Most people are bothered by those passages in the Scripture which they cannot understand; but as for me, I always noticed that the passages in Scripture which trouble me most are those that I do understand.” The problem still remains: how to bring this incredible news, this sometimes obscure, sometimes cutting and far too demanding news, this gospel message of Christ’s way of living, to today’s world where the life-style is a total contradiction.

“For me, the only answer if that we must give witness. Our own lives must make the value and joy of this other way of life so evident that others are forces to ask the secret…. We can show that our strength comes from seeing our lives with eyes of faith…. A few months ago, I received in the mail a little card. On one side of the card were these words: Dear Jesus, I have a problem … it’s me… on the other side of the card were the words: Dear Child, I have the answer … it’s Me.”
George H. Kubeck, Posted in the early mornings www.cinopsbegone.blogspot.com

Archbishop Chaput - See clearly into the New Year

Archbishop Chaput - See Clearly into the New Year
Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2007

“When we call ourselves “Catholic,” what does that mean? Theologically, it means that we have been saved from sin in Baptism and incorporated into new life in the community of Catholic faith. It means we accept Jesus Christ as our savior, and we commit ourselves to follow Him as His disciples. But what we say and what we mean, and then what we do aren’t always the same thing. The space between our intentions and our actions is where daily life is lived. And in that battle zone, day in and day out, we have two very different teachers struggling for the podium in our hearts. The two teachers are the Church and the world. Each has a map for our lives but the maps lead to very different directions….
“ … God wills that the world should be converted and sanctified, not worshipped. In His Gospel, Saint John describes the ‘world’ as everything that is aligned against God….
“We’ve assimilated. We’ve been too comfortable and accommodating. We’ve listened to the world too politely when it lies about abortion, or conception, or divorce, or the death penalty, or our obligations to the poor, or the rights of undocumented workers, or the real meaning of pluralism, or our international responsibilities – and we haven’t shouted our the truth….

“How do we serve God? We serve Him by following His will with our whole body, mind, and soul, and the one reliable teacher and guide we have to knowing His will is the Church. And I don’t mean the Church as we’d like her to be, but the Church Jesus intended her to be – His bride and our mother….
“The fidelity of Catholics to the Church, generation after generation, even when her leaders have sometimes been weak or sinful – that fidelity is what carries the message of the gospel through time. Without the Church Jesus Christ cannot be known. So obedience to the Church and faithfulness to her teaching is not some sort of servitude, it’s a choice to participate in the act of giving life to the world…. For each of us as believers, there is no way around Christ’s mandate to engage and convert the world….
“First, we need to stop thinking of the Church as some kind of religious corporation, and start treating the Church as our mother and teacher….
“Second, if we say we are Catholic we need to act like it….

“Third, if we teach and preach in the name of the Church, we need to do it fully, zealously, and with all the persuasive skills God gives us….
“Fourth and finally … Nothing can wound the Church more deeply than the sins and indifferences of her own people, especially people in ministry.” p. 4-8
Archbishop Charles Chaput, The Church as Mother and Teacher, Contributor to The Great Life, Essays … in Honor of Father Ronald Lawler, O.F.M. Cap. Edited by Michael Aquilina and Kenneth Ogorek, Emmaus Road Publishing, 2005,

“Twelve months ago, on Christmas Day, Pope Benedict XVI published his first encyclical. He called it Deus Caritas Est. – ‘God is love.’ Here is a line from it that I want to share with you as I close: “The Christmas program – the program of the Good Samaritan –the program of Jesus is ‘ a heart which sees.’ This heart sees where love is needed and acts accordingly” (31,b) Being faithful to your spouse and family; defending the unborn child, helping the poor, visiting the sick, respecting the immigrant, protecting the dignity and meaning of marriage, working for justice, leading with character – this is the Christian program, the result of hearts which see. What I ask God to give to you and to me, to our nation and to our Church this Christmas is the one gift that really does matter, hearts that see, and see clearly.” (Last paragraph of 7 pages)

Archbishop Charles Chaput at the first Annual Orange County Catholic Breakfast held in Garden Grove, Ca. on Dec. 7, 2006. This talk is also appropriate for the year 2008.

George H. Kubeck, Translate into Spanish and or duplicate. Posted on CINOPS Be Gone

Mgrs. James Lisante- A Classic on the Political Realm

Mgsr. James Lisante – A Classic on the Political Realm
Monday, December 17, 2007
The Monsignor gave this talk at the Medjugorje Peace Conference – 2000 in Irvine, Calif. He is host of national syndicated program titled, Personally Speaking on the Odyssey Chanel. Tape from Follow Me Communications, Inc.:
He has a quote for the program, “It is impossible to open wide the doors of Christ until we look fully into our sinful souls that will involve a radical call to honesty and humility.” The title of his talk is, “In this Jubilee Year bear witness to the wonders of your faith.” And that comes from Mary’s message to us, “Wake up from your sleep of unbelief and sin because this is a time of grace which God has given to you.”

“Thank you for having me back…. So hold on to your hats and here we go, “Is anybody there, does anybody care, does anybody see what I see?” Now if I was really an actor I can sing that the right way. But you get the idea. It is a song from 1776 and sung by John Adams. “Is anybody there, does anybody care, does anybody see what I see?” I sing that song by way of entrance into the concept of being a people of grace who now just don’t hold unto the grace but practice it in the lived order of daily life.

“And I come before you so impressed by 5.000 people; I felt that I heard all of the 5,000 of you in confession. But I heard a spiritual energy here that blew my New York socks off. But now I say to myself what do we do? How do we stop being people who compartmentalize? You know who pull out the drawer and in one section have the socks and the other sections underwear and undershirts and instead recognize that the spiritual power in this particular arena today means not so much unless it is mixed with the real order of real life.

“And I want to speak out one particular mention of real life that we as Catholic Christians and we as spiritual people tend to want to ignore because we see it as a dirty word. And I am going to suggest to you that to be fully human, to be fully alive and to be fully Catholic Christian means that you must also be deeply involved in the affairs of our time. And specifically, you must be a person of the political realm.

“And I know is saying that, that there are people who say No! No! No! The last time I was here several years ago, you know it doesn’t matter you have a 1,000 people saying you are doing a good job. You have one or two E-mail you and say Hey why are you bringing politics into the religious for. And right away you say maybe I should focus on that and more on religion.

“So I did and I prayed about it and I read those e-mails again and again and I thought to myself. But politics is where good can happen. It is where; it’s where the Lord’s work can be done.

“Let me give you an example of what I am talking about. You can look at something like Euthanasia and the Right to Die. And you can say well that is a spiritual and moral issue and you are right. But do you know what? It will be determined by politicians in terms of whether you and I live in a country where people are put to death simply because they are old, or they are sick or disabled.”
George H. Kubeck, Posted in the early mornings – www.cinopsbegone.blogspot.com/

Report Card # 21 on Bill Press's Book

Report Card # 21 on Bill Press’s Book
How the Republicans Stole Christmas
Sunday, Dec. 16, 2007 ---Saturday, Aug. 4, 2006
Chapter 6 and 7, and Conclusion: Reclaiming the Moral High Ground

Are you aware that we have a Catholic-in-name-only religion in the United States? Their patron saints and apostles are former Governor Mario Cuomo of New York and Father Robert Drinan, S.J. a former congressman from Massachusetts.

They believe and promote directly and indirectly, pro-abortion on demand, same-sex marriage, assisted suicide, euthanasia, and embryonic stem cell research. All of these are absolute evils. Don’t you think that the greatest enemy of the Catholic Church in the Americas is not the ACLU or Planned Parenthood but the many Catholic in Name Only Politicians in Congress and in the States?

Our focus today is on the conclusion section p.256-263 we will get to the other chapters at another time. .Let us return to CINOP Bill Press’s exact words for the rest of this page: (THIS IS A CLASSIC IN THE USE OF RELIGION BY THIS PARTICULAR PARTY)

“How can Democrats get religion? The Challenge Facing Democrats: Since the 2004 elections, hundreds of hours of talk shows have filled with yapping about how Democrats can start winning elections again….

“There is only one thing Democrats have to do, and that is to reclaim the moral high ground that is rightfully ours. First, a word of caution: In so doing, Democrats can’t be phony about it. During the 2004 primaries, it didn’t help when Howard Dean said his favorite part of the New Testament was the Book of Job….

“To reclaim the moral high ground, all Democrats need to get back to their roots and talk about the moral values they believe in and the moral choices they are fighting for…
“In fact, any Democrat uncomfortable with public expression of religion might look back to FDR’s speeches. He sometimes sounds more like a preacher than a president. In a radio address on June 6, 1944, for example, Roosevelt informed the American people of the Normandy invasion and sought God’s blessings on the troops…

‘The Almighty God has blessed our land in many ways. He has given our people stout hearts and strong arms with which to strike mighty blows for freedom and truth.’ …
“The point is, Democrats don’t have to go overboard like FDR – or, even more often GWB. But neither need they fear admitting their faith, acknowledging the Divinity, saying they believe in family values, making a moral argument, or invoking God’s blessing.

“Democrats have the more recent example of Jimmy Carter, a devout Southern Baptist. Carter, the only president to teach Sunday school while in the White House, may be the most religious of all presidents….

“But when it comes to preaching the word of the Lord, even Jimmy Carter must take a back seat to Bill Clinton, also a Southern Baptist. Clinton has the passion, the cadence, the familiarity with Scripture that would make any African-American preacher proud….
“Roosevelt, Carter, and Clinton lead the way in helping Democrats find their moral voice. Democrats must take back the language of passion and moral conviction from the religious right….Indeed, for many voters spiritual and cultural concerns are more important than material concerns - …

“Democrats need to redefine and recapture what we mean by family values or moral values. …
“As George Lakoff, professor of linguistics at the University of California at Berkeley, wrote in the December .6, 2004, issue of THE NATION. ‘The only way to trump their moral values is with our own more traditional and more patriotic moral values.’…

“They need to challenge Republicans and say: * Abortion and gay marriage are not the only moral issues….
“The burden of redefining and lifting up moral issues must also be undertaken by religious leaders of the left, far too many of whom have gone into hiding….
“The political contest today is not between godly conservatives and ungodly liberals. The true battle is between religious conservatives & religious liberals….Whose issues better reflect the teachings of Jesus Christ?…”

George H. Kubeck, posted in the early morning – www.cinopsbegone.blogsport.com/

Report Card # 20 on Bill Press's Book

Report Card # 20 on Bill Press’s Book
How the Republicans Stole Christmas
Saturday, Dec. 15, 2007 ---Friday, June 16, 2006

Chapter 5 – Gays and Lesbians are God’s Children, Too (cont’d)
Bill Press writes: “‘Hate is not a family value.’ That’s the slogan of a great organization called Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG). It’s a slogan that most Americans, conservative or liberal, believers & nonbelievers alike, accept as a given.” P.177. However, the Culture of Life has another slogan for (PFLAG) and we can work together on this: “Love of unborn babies is a family value!” There is an axiom and a truism that goes like this: If you want to help a mother, help her child. If you want to give joy to a mother give joy and happiness to her child. If you want to hurt a mother, hurt her child. If you want to kill something within a mother kill her child.

There are a lot of lies about the unborn. For example, when their personhood begins and how they feel when they are aborted. A baby that is born with a physical or psychological handicap is still a child of God. God does not create junk.

I do not believe that political correctness and Planned Parenthood cares. They are liars about the unborn and we know who the spirit and father of lies is. It is believed that about 3 percent of the 4000 babies aborted each day in the U.S.A, is handicapped with possible homosexual tendencies. How does a caring society treat these babies?

First of all, there is a difference between a homosexual and a gay person. The radical gay American Jacobin leaders have a political and social agenda for the country. They speak for themselves. (They are encouraged, promoted and financed by the culture of death secular humanists.) These gays do not speak for homosexual oriented persons. I have not seen any Gallup polling on homosexuals on whether they want to change the definition of marriage or publicly promote the lifestyle of gay unions as normal.

From a recent Cardinal Newman Society letter: Father John F. Harvey, O.S.F.S.,
“Back in 1980, the late Cardinal Terrence Cooke, at the time the Archbishop of New York, asked me to establish a new Catholic apostolate to minister to the spiritual and moral needs of homosexual men and women. In the twenty-five years since then, that apostolate – known as Courage – has helped thousands of homosexual persons find the way, through prayer and the Sacraments, to live in accord with the laws of God and the teaching of His Church. That is the key: live in accord with God’s law and Catholic teaching.
“This has always been the spiritual message of Courage which is why we have the endorsement of the Vatican’s Pontifical Council for the Family…. All people must be treated with dignity, but homosexual activity is sinful.
“Unfortunately, young Catholic men and women today are more often hearing a far different message about homosexuality. They’re hearing that … Homosexual orientation is genetically determined – a claim for which there is virtually no scientific evidence. Anyone who feels he might have a homosexual orientation should resign himself to it forever, because it cannot be changed – a demonstrate falsehood…. And worst of all, that homosexual acts and heterosexual acts are morally equivalent….”

George H. Kubeck, Posted in the early mornings – www.cinopsbegone.blogspot.com/

The Second Wednesday Agenda!

The Second Wednesday Agenda
A Study and Action Committee on Racism and Abortion in America
Friday, Dec. 14, 2007 --Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Wed. Dec. 12, 2007
We try to learn and educate ourselves to be better informed American citizens in order to persuade others to vote intelligently. Duplicate for any U.S. Diocese.

1.) Prayer:
Opening prayer, silently the third decade of the Glorious Mystery, the Descent of the Holy Spirit for various intentions: For example, today is the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe or prayers for the conversion of the CINOP who is the most dangerous politician in America.

Why are we here?
Name, address, telephone, e-mail, parish on a card and the thoughts uppermost on our minds.

2.) Study:
“Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship” issued by USCCB, Nov. 14, 2007

“Life Decisions International” www.fightpp.blosgspot.com

Wednesday, STOPP Report – STOPPReport@lists.all.org
History of Planned Parenthood: http://dianedew.com
to study greed, selfishness and racism in the lucrative abortion industry:
Planned Parenthood’s Racism in Abortion: http://www.blackgenocide.org /Sanger

Support Sarah’s Law (Parental Notification) 1-866-828-8355
The Child and Teen Safety and Stop Predators Act www.friendsofsarah.com
November 2008, California Election (info: Maria Kennedy- 909-527-3095)

Check out the above sources of information on their e-mails and prepare a one page report on one or two aspects for the next meeting. Jan. 9, 2007, 7 P.M. at Denny’s Restaurant, 3000 W. Chapman, Orange, Ca.

3.) Community:
We are all members of a national pro-life movement which includes pro-marriage and pro-family members. We are combating absolute evils and not the prudential issues that the Social Justice Network focuses on. On prudential issues we can disagree but not on absolute evils. For example, there is no Catholic reason to vote for a Catholic-in-name-only politician Giuliani in the primaries or Loretta Sanchez and Lou Correa in 2008. It is time to end these role models of this false Catholic-in-name-only Religion in America.
4.) Evangelization:
Be aware that this may be a voice crying in the wilderness. Evangelize with prayer vigils at abortion and CINOP sites. Flyers on the CINOP’s legislative decisions delivered to his or her constituents; at times door to door or on the sidewalks where Catholic and other Christian voters exit on Sat. or Sundays.
George H. Kubeck, Posted early mornings. www.cinopsbegone.blogspot.com

Look to the End!

Look to the End
Thursday, Dec. 13, 2007
A wise man listens to this pope; the Cinop doesn’t care.
“In the end God will have the last word in world history and he is truth and love.
“Will the good continue to have meaning and power in the world?

“There is a general feeling that the power of darkness is on the increase, and that the good is powerless.

“The tendency of the world is to judge in favor of the violent, the brutal, not the saintly. For we see it: what rules the world now is money, the atom bomb, and the cynicism of those to whom nothing is sacred.

“What we fear nowadays is the darkness that emanates from man, and in this fear we have finally discovered true darkness – more fearful in this century of man’s inhumanity than could ever have been imagined by the generations that preceded us.
*****
“Power has become the sign of our times. Meekness, gentleness, are not greatly appreciated.

“I think we have no choice but to relearn our love for others, our respect for others. I think we must work together to relearn the virtues associated with freedom – such virtues as love of truth, reverence for the interior uniqueness of the person, reverence for Tradition, reverence for God.
*****
“Respect for human dignity and regard for the human rights of every individual – these are the fruits of belief in the Incarnation of God. That is why belief in Jesus Christ is the basis of all progress.

“It is from Christian humanism, from the humanism of the Incarnation, that the uniqueness of Christian culture has evolved.

“Christian culture can never be exclusively a culture of possession.

“After all, God’s Son became man. He lived in a human body, he rose from the dead in a human body, and in a human body he ascended into heavenly glory. That is the highest imaginable honor to which matter can aspire.

“That is why Christian culture is careful to let each person live in dignity and receive his proper share of the material goods of this earth. But man’s highest good is not material possessions. We in the West know from experience how worship of consumer goods can rob a man of his dignity. He falls prey to egoism.

“That is why Christian culture prefers moral values to material ones. That is why reverence for God is publicly endorsed in Christian culture. The great cathedrals and churches are an expression of this conviction that the worship of God is a public and universal good of mankind, and in fact, it is precisely in showing reverence for God that the human being reverences himself.”

The above are selected excerpts from Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, “Co-Workers of the Truth,” Meditations for Every Day of the Year, Ignatius Press, 1992, Jan. 10th-12th.
George H. Kubeck, posted in the early mornings – www.cinopsbegone.blogspot.com/

Why Do They Hate Catholics So Much? 3 of 3

Why Do They Hate Catholics So Much? – 3 of 3
Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2007
“While there may be no systematic pattern of discrimination in employment, it would be a brave (or foolish) person who would talk openly in a job interview about deeply held religious beliefs. In the academy, including institutions which are nominally Catholic, such discrimination is often taken for granted.

This is merely the beginning of a process that is likely to get worse. Looking at the situation through purely human eyes, it is likely that, as the reality of this hostility finally begins to dawn on comfortable Christians, and the price of their faith keeps getting higher, most will simply fall away, abandoning a faith which has become a handicap instead of a support.

In an important sense the real battle now is not between believers and overt secularists but between orthodox and liberal Christians, a reality which is at its starkest in Protestantism but which is also present in the Catholic Church. Because Fundamentalists remind them of what they were, and perhaps ought still to be, liberal Protestant leadership regard their orthodox fellow Christians as the single greatest enemy of the human race. People who boast of their ability to “reach out” toward the despised and rejected have been the most effective soldiers in the war to demonize and marginalize orthodox believers, to the point where the National Council of Churches is a public apologist for religious persecution throughout the world. Liberal Christianity is finally at the point of abandoning any claim about the unique importance of Jesus Christ in the economy of salvation, and this will merely intensify its view of orthodoxy as dangerous.

Especially in view of the nation’s apparent indifference (if not worse) to the scandalous behavior of its president, some orthodox believers are in a state of discouragement, to the point, to the point of urging withdrawal from the public square into a kind of monasticism which will try to keep the faith alive for a better day. But in this atmosphere it is well to recall the Catholic wisdom that not all are called to the monastic life and that the degree to which the monks of the Dark Ages simply huddled in their monasteries has been exaggerated – many of them were missionaries, bishops, even royal officials.

One major argument for believers remaining active in the public sphere is the explanation (excuse?) which Evelyn Waugh gave for his seemingly un-Christian behavior – how much worse it would be if there were no active presence. Those who know the truth have an obligation in justice to, for example, the unborn, which they are not free to abandon.

Those who advocate a strategy of quasi-monastic withdrawal also underestimate the strength of the enemy. Jerry Falwell said all that needs to be said on the subject when he explained that Evangelicals began entering politics because the government would not let them alone. There is no place in the modern world where anyone can hide.
Christians are obligated to continue the public struggle, no matter how much obloquy it continues to bring them down on them, even as they are obligated to storm heaven with prayers. A major need is preparing Christians to live in an environment of hostility, increasing discrimination, possibly even of persecution. But this is perhaps the most severe of the many pastoral tasks presently being neglected.”
George H. Kubeck, Posted in the early mornings on www.cinopsbegone.blogspot.com/

Why Do They Hate Catholics So Much? - 2 of 3

Why Do They Hate Catholics So Much? – 2 of 3
Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2007

Continued: “Frenzied blasphemies – the mocking of sacred symbols, the association of those symbols with sickest kind of pornography – reveals the depth of the violent hatred because it represents an assault in some ways worse than the desire to do bodily harm. It aims to annihilate the sacred core of the believers very being. It is a mentality in which the actual killing of individuals would be almost an anti-climax.

It is one of the supreme ironies of an age awash in ironies that it is Christians who are now routinely accused of being hateful, of fomenting violence, even as the guardians of public opinion carefully conceal from view the true mentality of the anti-Christians. (Thus the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence are presented merely as a group of merry pranksters who do what they do in order to raise money for charity.)

One of the results of the style of Episcopal leadership which has prevailed in America for three decades is that much, although, not all, of this hatred has been diverted away from the Catholic Church and towards Protestants who can be called Fundamentalists. It is now treated as merely self-evident that the latter are hate-filled and intolerant, while the Catholic Church is assessed in each particular situation, showing promise of change in some areas, intransigent in others. More than one bishop has probably prayed quietly, “Thank God for Pat Robertson. Let them pick on him rather than me.”

How is it possible that ant-Christian bigotry is so strong in a society which is apparently the most religious in the Western world? In part the answer is that the very strength of religion inevitably provokes hatred; where it is weak it is simply ignored. On the other hand Christianity, and perhaps especially the Catholic Church, is also not perceived as truly powerful. Thus religion is hated for its alleged oppressiveness but at the same time is not feared, the classic predicament of those Western monarchies where revolution occurred (England in the 1640’s, France in the 1790’s, Russia in 1917).

The single greatest enemy of a vibrant Christianity in the United States is not its proclaimed opponents but the deep, seemingly ineradicable complacency of its own adherents, by the clergy themselves. Most Americans including some, who are ostensibly orthodox, live by the assumption that one espouses a religion in order to make one’s life richer and more satisfying. The ultimate test is whether, like everything in the culture is supposed to do, it makes the individual “feel good about himself.”

Most professed believers cannot conceive of why it should ever be necessary to make sacrifices for their religion, which is why there is almost total indifference to the fate of persecuted believers during one of the great ages of religious persecution in the history of the world.

Christians are now completely on the defensive in Western society in terms of their beliefs. Public discussion of religion is often casually hostile, and those who profess to believe are often apologetic in the popular sense of the word. As the events at Littleton, Colorado showed, public agencies like schools are tolerant of all kinds of deviant behavior, even as they are increasingly vigilant against the “intrusion” into the public square.”
George H. Kubeck, Posted in the early mornings of Cinops Be Gone.

Why do They Hate Catholics so Much? - 1 of 3

Why do they Hate Catholics so Much? – 1 of 3
Monday, Dec. 11, 2007
Written eight years ago by Dr. James Hitchcock, this classic essay remains timely, even in its direct and indirect references to current events. IgnatiusInsight.com

“Most professed believers cannot conceive of why it should ever be necessary to make sacrifices for their religion, which is why there is almost total indifference to the fate of the persecuted believers during one of the great ages of religious persecution in the history of the world.

Authentic religion, precisely because it penetrates so deeply into the being of its adherents, has the capacity to inspire either great love and devotion or great hatred, sometimes one transforming itself in to the other. At certain times in history that suppressed hatred bursts out violently, in systematic and frenzied attempts to as,
“Voltaire is supposed to have urged, “Crush the infamous thing.” Such was the French Revolution, the triumph of Communism in Russia, and other episodes.

While particular justifications are offered for this frenzy of annihilation – the privileges of the clergy, ecclesiastical wealth – beneath it all is something which no degree of “reform,” nor attempts by Christians to be accommodating, could ever expunge – hatred of a system of beliefs which calls each man’s life into question at every moment, which reminds people of the infinite God who judges their every action. It is this which finally is intolerable to a certain kind of mind, which senses that it will not be at peace with itself until every vestige of this transcendent claim has been eradicated.

The often sadistic violence of the French Revolution seemingly betrayed the cool rationality which the Enlightenment proposed. But not the least of the Enlightenment’s inadequacies was that it did not understand the irrational forces which it was helping to unleash. Today the tradition of the Enlightenment appears to have reached its end in the murky half-light of “post-modernism.” However, classical Enlightenment critiques of Christianity – that it superstitious and repressive – are now invoked with more effect than at any time in the past two hundred years, and with the same potential for irrational violence.

Among the numerous “stories” which the media ignore are the acts of vandalism directed at churches, occurrences which seem to have become so common as to be treated almost routinely. To date this is about as far as the enemies of religion have gone in inflicting physical harm.

But the frenzied symbolic assaults on religion are numerous and frightening, revealing as they do the barely suppressed violence which its enemies harbor and which, it is fair to judge, they would eagerly act out in life if given the opportunity. The hateful blasphemies of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence in San Francisco are merely one example.” Continue tomorrow.

Now, Why do They Love Catholic-in-name-only Politicians so much? The Cinops have become the useful idiots or secularists’ idiots for what Pope John Paul II coined as the Culture of Death in the world. The CINOPS are the most dangerous politicians in America. (Cinops be gone)
George H. Kubeck, Posted in the early mornings on www.cinopsbegone.blogspot.com/

Report # 19 on Bill Press's Book (V.I.P.)

Report Card # 19 on Bill Press’s Book
How the Republicans Stole Christmas
Sunday, Dec. 9, 2007---Saturday, May 13, 2006- Feast of Our Lady of Fatima

Chapter 5- Gays and Lesbians are God’s Children, Too

We continue to probe the mind of the Catholic in Name Only Politician. On the couch we have CINOP Bill Press and the Bible in his own words.

“… Most Americans believe that Scripture, in both the Old and New Testaments, clearly tells us that homosexuality is wrong, sinful, unacceptable, and immoral…. A careful examination of Scripture – even those passages most often quoted as anti-gay – reveals that not only is the Bible less condemning of homosexuality than we were always taught, but that the Bible can actually be interpreted as either silent about, or supportive of, monogamous gay relationships...Most biblical scholars today agree that the story of Sodom and Gomorrah is not about homosexuality, but rather about hospitality…. As Christian editor Inge Anderson wrote in Sins of Sodom, ‘ To suggest that Sodom and Gomorra is about homosexual sex is an analysis of about as much worth as suggesting that the story of Jonah and the whale is a treatise on fishing.’ 157, 160, 161

Apostle Paul’s anguish over sex and the use of the phrase ‘thorn in my flesh’ is a sign that Paul himself was a closeted gay man – which of course would be the ultimate, but not impossible irony…. Paul was clearly a man of his time. In his writings, he reflects all the presuppositions and patriarchal assumptions – anti-woman, antigay, pro-slavery – of a first-century mind-set. 163

Indeed, had gay marriage not been on the ballot in Ohio, Bush would probably not have been reelected…. Morality is on the side of same-sex marriage, and not against it. You tell me: despite the fact that Pope John Paul II branded gay marriage as part of a ‘new ideology of evil’, what’s immoral about two people in love entering into a lifelong, committed, monogamous relationship? 166

If it’s wrong to say that the bible condemns same sex marriages, it’s also wrong to insist that marriage has always been between one man and one woman – and therefore must always remain that way. The facts simply don’t support it…. Polygamy, Augustine wrote, ‘is not contrary to the nature of marriage.’ 169

Nevertheless, as more and more courts are confirming, there are zero constitutional grounds for the state to deny the privilege and benefits of marriage to gays and lesbians…. It’s only a matter of time. Gays are already winning the cultural war…. It’s not surprising that gays and lesbians hold a gay pride parade every June in most American cities: they’ve got a lot to be proud of…. The next month there was another milestone. The government of Spain, a predominately Roman Catholic country, ignored the church’s opposition and took the first steps to legalize gay marriage. 172, 173

From the above and last 18 letters, you can understand why the CINOP is a very dangerous politician. He is absolutely a Trojan horse not only within the Catholic Church but within the American Republic. In matters pertaining to one’s Catholic faith and the Church’s Catechism, he is a fraud. Historically, we had these types in Germany and Italy. In my district, there are two running. Hopefully, one of them will have a conversion. CINOP, thy name is Fraud.
(Check out this blog on Bill Press's book during the last 9 weekends.)
George H. Kubeck, posted in the mornings on CINOPS BE GONE.

Report Card # 18 on Bill Press's Book

Report Card # 18 on Bill Press’s Book

How the Republicans Stole Christmas
Sat. Dec.8, 2007---Wednesday, April 19, 2006
Chapter 4 – Abortion and Stem Cell Research (cont’d)

The end justifies the means. This is a most dangerous principle. It is also one of the most disturbing characteristics of the CINOP (Catholic in name only Politician). Bill Press’s seven pages on The Promise of the Stem Cell Research are one of the most deceitful and clever sections in the book. Bill dismisses the Bible’s clear reverence for life and “You don’t create life in order to destroy it.”

It is in your face for the Southern Baptist Convention and the Catholic Church because they are the only two major churches officially opposed to embryonic stem cell research. Bill says, “In terms of promise for new cures, medical scientists now consider Adult Stem Cells a dead end.” 147 Yet, there has not been one cure from embryonic stem cells. There have been several from adult stem cells. If embryonic stem cell research has such a great future where are the private investors? What is audacious, arrogant and desperate is Bill’s section on Doing the Lord’s Work. 151 “On stem cells, …What would Jesus do?

I don’t think there is any doubt. In fact, I would argue that, since their goal is finding cures for serious diseases afflicting millions of Americans, doctors who experiment with embryonic stem cells aren’t just doing academic research. They are doing the work of the Lord.

Stem cell opponents find no support in the Bible, but proponents find plenty. After all, as every one of the four Gospels relates, Jesus spent much to His public ministry healing the sick. It was His life’s work.”

Have you noticed that any CINOP who takes a pro-abortion position in the public arena, becomes blind and stupid in other issues pertaining to the natural law and Christian social principles? There is the lady from L.A. County and in the State Assembly who is sponsoring an assisted-suicide bill. Then we have the CINOP in California who signed unto the same-sex marriage law. Last year, in Canada, these so-called Catholics passed the same-sex marriage laws for the whole country.

Then there is the CINOP in San Francisco and back East. “Massachusetts anti-discrimination law stipulates all state adoption agencies be open to placing children with gay couples. The Church teaches that gay adoption is “gravely immoral,” but the (heavily Catholic!) state legislature refuses to pass a “conscience clause” bill allowing morally opposed religious groups to opt out of such adoptions.” The Mormons would do it in Utah and the Baptists in any of the Southern States. What can we call this CINOP: a spineless wimp or coward? I would rather have a pro-life atheist represent me in Sacramento or Washington, D.C. than a CINOP.

All of the above is a devastating scandal involving deceit and heresy. The CINOP is unscrupulous with the end justifies the means principle. It worked in Italy and Germany during the 1930’s. You sacrifice the true beliefs of your constituents. Your goal is winning and now hiding behind the immigration issue. Monies from members of the ACLU and Planned Parenthood will pour in. Maybe prayers to St. Thomas More and a mailed book about his life will open their eyes, hearts and minds.
George H. Kubeck, Duplicate and or translate into Spanish.

The Truth in Black and White - 2

The Truth in Black and White – 2
Friday, Dec. 7, 2007 - Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941
“Stand your ground. Putting on the sturdy belt of truth and the body armor of God’s righteousness.” Ephesians 6:15

Be not afraid! Be not afraid of the truth. The truth is a cleansing agent of mind, heart and soul.
Don’t tell me about the truth! It bothers me and it makes me uncomfortable. Why can’t I live with half-truths? I am comfortable with a half-filled glass of water. I do not want to fill the glass up to the top. It may change my beliefs and my life.

In the political realm, we have political correctness and that has a great influence on all of us. It influences us in our faith so that we have religious correctness. We need to move forward and evangelize and fill up the half-truths with the whole truth whether we like it or not.
I looked up the word radical. Adj. 1 of, proceeding from, or pertaining to the root or foundation; essential; fundamental; inherent; basic. 2 Thoroughgoing; unsparing; extreme: a radical operation; radical measures. Synonyms (adj.): basic, complete, constitutional, entire, essential, extreme, fundamental, natural, original, perfect, positive...

Now when we are talking about the Catholic label in politics and even in religion, it needs to stand for something. When it is a lie, it needs to be exposed particularly in the political arena. Cinops Be Gone does that. It persuades you to vote these scoundrels out of office. We can disagree on prudential issues but not on inherently evil issues.
Do you recall the phrase: Kilroy was here? Well on the back of some of my letters I am writing, CINOPS BE GONE. This blog tries to fill up the half-filled glass of water with several more drops of water, the truth.

There is something wrong when someone with the Catholic label votes for the following and that information among Catholic voters is almost kept a secret or they do not care. Example:
1) She voted against banning partial-birth abortions and even voted against barring the transportation of minors to get an abortion.
2) She voted against banning same-sex marriage, against protecting the Pledge of Allegiance and against allowing prayer in our schools.
3) She voted against limiting trial attorney fees and against restricting frivolous lawsuits.
4) She has consistently voted to weaken America’s security and even voted to keep Marines at Camp Pendleton from training on a part of their own base.
5) She voted to hurt families by not voting to eliminate the “marriage penalty” tax.
6) Voted for the bill to fund embryonic-killing research. H.R. 3, Jan. 11, 2007

I don’t want to pick on Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez but almost all CINOPS in California voted for most of the above, particularly against the partial-birth abortion ban. Incidental to their defeat in 2008, there is their conversion back to the Catholic faith.
George H. Kubeck, Translate in Spanish. www.cinopsbegone.blogspot.com/

Report # 14 on David Carlin's Book

Report # 14 on David Carlin’s Book
Can a Catholic Be a Democrat?
Thursday, Dec. 6, 2007

Chapter 3 – America’s Anti-Christian Party 70-71
We complete Chapter 3 with a few comments:
“It’s Catholics who practice their faith regularly, who assent strongly to the doctrines of their religion and at least try to follow them, who are most likely to conclude that supporting the Democratic Party has become logically – or even morally – untenable.

“How many Catholics of this variety will there turn out to be? Much depends upon the quality of clerical leadership, especially the leadership given (or, as too often the case, not given) by bishops. For some forty years now, this leadership has been stridently ineffective; the most infamous example of this ineffectiveness, the recent scandal of clerical sex abuse and cover-up, is only the spectacular tip of the iceberg.

“It’s well to keep in mind, however, that the Catholic Church has had many declines and revivals in the course of its long history. It’s always possible that a new generation of strong and effective bishops will emerge; in fact there are some signs that such a generation is emerging at this very moment. If the leaders of the Democratic Party are in the habit of praying for election victories, they should ask the Lord that he not inspire such a religious revival in the American Catholic Church….

“Nonetheless, for the present there are many Catholics who happily remain Democrats – both among the party’s rank and file and in positions of party leadership. Some don’t fully comprehend the implications of secularist dominance of the party, while others believe that secularists and Christians aren’t mortal opposed but can work together in a mutually beneficial partnership…. But I contend that there is a great abyss between traditional Christianity and secularism (and secularism’s partner, liberal Christianity) – a vast, radical divide that makes such cooperation impossible.”

Addendum:
David Carlin has written an excellent book that covers much more than the Catholic Secularist-Abyss and the Democratic Party. The appendices have sections on secularism and its history. There is also a section on liberal Christianity and the father of Catholic excuses.

What does it profit the CINOP to gain the whole world and lose his soul? Sadly, he is not grounded in an authentic Catholic faith, or is it a false Catholic religion.
Both political parties can learn a lot from the book, particularly the Catholic-in-name-only politician. The book is in many ways the Achilles Heel of one of the political parties.
I called Sophia Press Toll-free: 1-800-888-9344. The price of the book is reasonable. It is only $14.00 plus $4.00 for shipping. It is worth the price.

George H. Kubeck, Posted in the early mornings on www.cinopsbegone.blogspot.com

Archbishop Raymond L. Burke

Archbishop Raymond L. Burke
Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2007
We need to get back to an article written by the bishop of St. Louis, Missouri in the latest edition of the Canon Law journal Periodica De Re Canonica. (LifeSiteNews.com 9/11/07) and written by Hilary White.

“The Bishop called his brother bishops to task for their silence on the problem of the Catholic politicians who support abortion, euthanasia, cloning, embryo research, the homosexual political agenda or other legislation ‘contrary to natural law.’ I note that he hits the nail on the head with the two AA’s, the two EE’s, and the two SS’s. (Abortion, assisted –suicide, euthanasia, embryonic-stem cell research, and same-sex marriage)

Burke criticizes the idea that ‘bishops can legitimately make different judgments on the most the most prudent course of pastoral action.’

Burke criticizes this because it ‘failed to take account of the clear requirement to exclude from Holy Communion those who, after appropriate admonition, obstinately persist in supporting publicly legislation which is contrary to natural moral law.’

There are bishops who feel no pressing need to observe the Church’s canonical stricture, saying, “To remain silent is to permit serious confusion regarding a fundamental truth of the moral law. Confusion, of course, is one of the most insidious fruits of scandalous behavior…”

Burke was the only bishop out of 195 US dioceses to issue a formal or ‘canonical’ ban on pro-abortion and other dissenting politicians from receiving communion. Burke has been compared with the 16th century English Bishop John Fisher who, alone among the English bishops, refused to satisfy King Henry VIII’s claim to be the head of the Church of England and was executed at the Tower of London and later canonized.

Burke’s article highlighted the vast and growing divide between self-styled ‘progressives’ who have, since the 1960’s gained ascendancy in most Catholic institutions, and those who continue to hold and defend the Church’s teachings, especially those on the sanctity of life.” A lot sooner than later; our Pope Benedict XVI will resolve this problem.

For the pro-life movement, the matter is simple. Vote all of these Catholic-in-name-only Politicians out of office. Throw out the scoundrels! It is a No Vote for all CINOPS and that includes CINOP Rudy Giuliani in the primaries.

George H. Kubeck, Postings daily on www.cinopsbetone.blogspot.com Cinops Be Gone

Hanukkah

Hanukkah
Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2007 --Saturday, Dec, 30, 2006
Coming just before Christmas, the history of Hanukkah is enlightening and a message for the whole world. Rabbi Jehuda Levin has an informative website www.jewsformorality.org . Fortunately, we have in our area, traditional talk show hosts, Dennis Prager and Michael Medved on KRLA Radio 870, Mon. – Fri., 9 A. M. to 3 P.M. (Today is the first day.)

Rabbi Levin states that Hanukkah is about the rejection of homosexuality and other pagan forces within Judaism. It was a civil war between traditional Jews, orthodox Jews, and those aping Greek culture. Article by Theresa Smyth, Toronto, Dec.22, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) explains:

“As the Jewish community celebrates its Festival of Lights, Rabbi Yehuda Levin is speaking against the ‘pagan’ acceptance of homosexual rabbi ordination by the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, which troubles him as a reminder of an historical conflict within his faith group.

“As an Orthodox Jew and leader of Jews for Morality, Rabbi Levin is critical of the Conservatives. In an interview with LifeSiteNews.com he said he now wishes to ‘apologize to the inter-religious community for the endorsement of paganism’ by certain Conservative Jews.’

“’I feel that it is important for the purpose of [exposing] religious consumer fraud *to declare to everyone that what they have done is totally antithetical to Judaism to endorse homosexual clergy and homosexual unions,’ said Rabbi Levin. ‘To try to in any way consecrate them or commit them is so antithetical, it’s literally paganism.’

“Hanukkah, or the Festival of Lights, is being celebrated this year from sundown December 15 to sundown December 23, 2006. The holiday is most familiar to contemporary Jews and Gentiles for the eight-night lightning of the menorah.

“This tradition commemorates a miracle when, after three years of fighting, the Maccabees reclaimed the Holy Temple from their Greek-Syrian rulers. As the temple was being prepared for rededication, only enough purified oil was found for one day’s use in the temple light; but the light continued to burn for eight days. That incident is reenacted annually with prayers of blessing offered as the lights are lit in homes.

“More significant than the limited military victory, however, was the underlying victory of traditional Judaism over Hellenistic influences, in the ages-old struggle for fidelity to God’s covenant.

“’Hanukkah was not only a war against the powers of the Greek empire that had overrun and controlled Israel but, importantly, the less well-known [aspect is that] Hanukkah is also a civil war between the traditional Jews, the orthodox Jews, and those who were aping the Greek culture, which included historically an embracing of homosexuality,’ said Rabbi Levin.

“’Hanukkah wasn’t so much a victory over the Greeks, the Greeks continued to occupy major parts of Israel historically for a full half-century after the Jews started to celebrate Hanukkah,’ Rabbi Levin told LifeSiteNews.com. ‘So the main celebration of Hanukkah was the defeat of pagan forces within Judaism, those who were attempting to paganize Judaism by aping the Greek culture, and endorse all kinds of pagan rituals and pagan ideologies including the practice of homosexuality. The Greeks said at time in history, ‘A woman for bearing children, a boy for true love.’ That was their idea.

Rabbi Levin wants to label the Conservative action, ‘for what it is. This is not Judaism - it’s
Paganism.’”
George H. Kubeck, Posted in the early mornings - www.cinopsbegone.blogspot.com

Becoming a Saint

Becoming a Saint
Monday, Dec. 3, 2007
The following are several incomplete excerpts from a talk given by a priest:
“St. Thomas Aquinas, the Patron of Schools, had the ability of dictating to several secretaries at the same time. Jesus told him, “Thomas you have written well of me.” There is St. John of the Cross, Teresa of Avila, St. Ignatius of Loyola, & St. John Bosco.

To become a saint, you do not have to found a religious order. You don’t have to be sour and dour. Saints are the most happy of all people. What is necessary to become a saint?
a) Do God’s will in the way he wills it! b) Do our will in the way God wills it.
c) Jesus used his human will to do God’s will!

Jesus was a carpenter for 30 years. He was the second person of the Blessed Trinity made man. He was living in a backward town and He was doing the will of the Father. It is not important what we do if we are doing the will of the Father.

In Gethsemane, He prayed your will, the Father Be Done. This was also true in the life of the Blessed Mother. “I am the Servant of the Lord.” It was hard for Mary. Simeon told her a sword of sorrow will pierce your heart. She stood at the foot of the cross. The only thing that mattered to her was doing the will of the Father. Better to suffer than not to do the will of the Father.

Doing the Father’s will can be hard: Let this cup pass from me, but not my will but yours. It was sweat and blood. It wasn’t easy. Yet God is an easier task master than that of the world. It is easier to please God than others.

Who is holiness for? Jesus said, “Be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect.” Remember everyone in heaven is holy. You must make the effort to be holy to get there.
You don’t have to have any special talent. Only do God’s will.

St. Therese of Lisieux was a sensitive child. She entered the convent at 15 and died at 24. The Pope proclaimed her the greatest saint of modern times. She showed her love for God by doing her best not to offend him. She had sacrifice beads to show Jesus her love for him. She accepted all the little trials in her life. Her father became mentally ill. She suffered. She was always ready to help others instead of going into her room. She did all the ordinary things with a great deal of love.

Only the Church can declare someone infallibly a saint. We do God’s will with a lot of love. How do we know what God’s will is for us? Anyone can make a list like: keep the Ten Commandments, attend Mass on Sunday, live chastely, do not covet or take God’s name in vain.

What are the obstacles in doing God’s will? Sin and selfishness and doing what we want which is at times are contrary to God’s will. Overcome temptations through prayer, devotion to the Blessed Mother and the Saints. There is also frequent Holy Communion and confession. Little sacrifices will keep our fallen nature in line.

St. Paul tells us: I chastise my own body and offer up mortification to do God’s will. Keep busy with good things. Idleness lends itself to temptation by the devil. Keep busy with good friends will tell a lot about a person. In this Advent Season, our life is a straight line and not a circle. To get to heaven we have to be holy. Relax not our effort.”
It has been said that God did not create us out of necessity, justice or need of us. It is His sheer love that we owe our existence. Jesus thirsts for love freely given. To find our more, I have just opened a book to read, I Believe in Love a personal retreat based on the Teaching of St. Therese of Lisieux, by Father Jean C.J. d’Elbee. Sophia Press
George H. Kubeck, Duplicate and or translate into Spanish.

Report Card # 17 on Bill Press's Book

Report Card # 17 on Bill Press’s Book
How the Republicans Stole Christmas
Sunday, Dec. 2/07 ---Saturday, April l, 2006
Chapter 4 – Abortion and Stem Cell Research (cont’d)

We continue to discern the mind and heart of Bill Press and try to figure out the thought processes of a CINOP – Catholic in Name Only Politician or Person.
When you read pages 123-4 you wonder, what’s going on in the mind of pro-abortion catholic politicians? Let’s take a look at the following page.
“… the one, consistent theme of all the world’s religions is their blatant discrimination against women. Based on a literal reading of Genesis, where Eve is created only a helpmate to Adam, churches have always considered and treated women as second-class citizens: forcing them to wear a veil, remain silent, or sit in a different part of the church … of course, the Catholic Church still denies women ordination….So religious opposition to abortion must be seen as part of a pattern – the churches’ long history of talking down sex and putting down women.” 125
“But, in other ways, St. Paul does still rule. There are no women priests in the Catholic Church and no conservative evangelical women preachers.” 130
“But there is no doubt that this paternalistic attitude toward women still shapes today’s debate on abortion. The inescapable fact is that only women are biologically capable of getting pregnant… MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT IT; IF MEN COULD GET PREGNANT, ABORTION WOULD BE A NON-ISSUE. MEN WOULD NEVER LET ANYBODY TAKE AWAY THEIR RIGHT TO CHOOSE… (127) Note that Bill Press is a secular feminist par excellence.
“If you had listened to Pope John Paul II, you would have concluded that abortion is a ‘legal extermination’ comparable to the Holocaust… No way, Abortion is certainly not the most pressing issue facing the planet. Around the world, poverty, hunger, genocide, global warming, terrorism, and HIV/AIDS receive, and deserve, more attention…. the lack of health insurance for millions of American families, the declining quality of education in our public schools, a monstrous federal deficit, and chronic unemployment all rate higher on the national crisis scale.” (127)

Then Bill has the next four pages on “The Bible Is Silent On Abortion.”
All of the above in Bill’s book is like reading a fairy tale. The CINOP needs a refresher course on the Roman Catholic Faith. He can start with the Catechism and the recent pronouncement of Cardinal William Levada, “When you see Catholic politicians who favor abortion rights … you ask yourself how this person squares with his personal faith. Catholic politicians need to take this seriously. Maybe they need to say I’m not able to practice my faith and be a public representative.” March 21, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com)
In closing, my State Senator Joe Dunn whom I have met is chairman of the State Judiciary Committee. Sadly, he is a CINOP. He has to vote on SB 1437 which would force transsexual, bisexual, and homosexual curriculum upon all California school children. SB 1437 is scheduled for a hearing on Tues. April 4, 2006.... (This Senator is not in office anymore.) For information visit www.savecalifornia.com
George H. Kubeck, Duplicate and or translate into Spanish.

Archbishop John Myers of Newark at the Prayer Breakfast

Archbishop John Myers of Newark at the Prayer Breakfast
Feast of St. Andrew, the Apostle, Friday, Nov. 30, 2007- Sat. Dec. 1, 2007

The following are excerpts from the Orange County Catholic Prayer Breakfast. It was held Friday, Nov. 30, 2007 at the Anaheim Marriot Hotel (beginning at 6:30 A.M. with The Luminous Mysteries, followed by a Mass and keynote address by the Archbishop)

This is a reflection with you on prayer. We are at a prayer breakfast.
What is prayer? Our inner beings being formed by the gospel and it is God who calls us to Himself. We want to know God. God who calls us to Himself.

Praying to God as he has revealed himself to us, not a figment or our own imagination. Each of us has an idea of God. We reduce God to our own level. And we might not want to face Him. We must let God be God. This begins our personal relationship. The Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Don’t distort our prayer to the Trinity.

The Archbishop makes reference to the teachings of Pope Benedict XVI on prayer.
The example of the rabbi who had someone complains about the Sabbath Services.
Remember we mean what the liturgy says.
St. Benedict, “Our mind must be in accord with our voice.” Our mind must adapt to it.

God has come to our aid. He teaches us to pray as shared with us in Holy Scriptures.
The “Our Father” as shared with us in Holy Scripture. His own prayer with the Father.

There are 7 petitions to be drawn to the mystery. We have the need to develop deeply.
1) Our Father who art in heaven:
We are one with Him and the source of all good. We know the Father through the Son. God has created us with His image. We are made in this very image. The delusion that man can perfect himself. We are thoroughly depended upon God. Say “Our Father” because we are one with Jesus and others.
2) Hallowed be Thy Name:
God revealed to Jesus His love and the revelation of God as the Father.
3) Thy Kingdom come:
Note the primacy and the dominion of God. His will is accepted. Listen and attend to God and have a deeper relationship to help us become the person we are meant to be.
4) Thy will be done on Earth and in Heaven:
God’s will be done. Imbedded in the human heart are the Ten Commandments and the Sermon on the Mount.
5) Give us this day our daily bread:
Daily means what is necessary for our existence. The early Fathers believed it to be Eucharistic in nature.
6) Lead us not into temptation: We need trials so that our human nature can be purified.
7) Deliver us from evil:
Redeem us and free us in the midst or our own culture. St. Peter, “Lord saves us.” If God is for us who can be against us.
God is Emanuel. He is with us in a sacred bond that can never be broken. If we look for Him we can find Him even in our daily life. Why do I find it difficult to pray? The desire to pray is in itself a prayer. The Rosary is an effective prayer….
George H. Kubeck, Posted in the early mornings on www.cinopsbegone.blogspot.com

The Truth in Black and White -1

The Truth in Black and White -1
Friday, Nov. 30, 2007
I want to thank Bishop Harry R. Jackson Jr. for the use of his blog’s name – www.thetruthinblackandwhite.com. It is an excellent source of general religious and political information. “By obedience to the truth you have purified yourselves for a genuine love of your brothers;” 1 Peter 1:22-23

We will begin a series of short commentaries. For us in the pro-life movement, the most powerful weapon we have after prayer is the truth. It is the truth about the culture around us. By pro-life we include the advocates of marriage and family.

The culture of death is at war with all three. Thank you Pope John Paul II for the encyclical The Gospel of Life. There are some who wish to be blind to the Culture of Death and substitute issues like the war in Iraq, immigration and full health insurance. These are prudential issues upon which Catholics can disagree. The Culture of Death issues are intrinsically evil and destructive to family and nation. Let’s repeat them again. They are the two AA’s, the EE’s and the two SS’s. (Abortion, Assisted-Suicide, Euthanasia, Embryonic Stem-Cell Research and Same-Sex Marriage)

Now when we think of the enemies of the pro-life movement, like the ACLU and Planned Parenthood, let’s fear the temptations we are experiencing like the idea of supporting CINOP Rudy Giuliani for President in the primaries. That is a serious mistake. There are three or four other pro-life candidates in the pro-life party that can defeat the pro-abortion party candidate.

We have assembled in the blog CINOPS BE GONE over 200 articles that the most dangerous politicians in America are the Catholic-in-name-only politicians, like Linda and Loretta Sanchez. The most dangerous organization in America is the ACLU. Talk show host Dennis Prager has called this the age stupidity.

Mother Teresa said do not wait for leaders do it alone person to person.

Judie Brown wrote a book called, Saving Those Damned Catholics, A defense of Catholic Teaching. There is a simple solution. Vote the CINOP out of Office. This would be the best thing for their souls, the authentic Catholic label & our country.

CINOP Giuliani did OK in the debates on Wednesday. However, the dossier prepared by the pro-abortion party on his scandalous marriages will water down support by Catholic and other Christian voters and he will lose. Any pro-life candidate will win. Also, we work for a pro-life vote of 55 to 60% of the Catholics for a pro-life Congress. This is to make up for the misinformed decidedly Catholic vote that elected President Clinton in 1992 and 1996, even though he vetoed the partial-birth abortion laws 3 times.

George H. Kubeck, Posted in the mornings on www.cinopsbegone.blogspot.com

Pope gets radical and woos the Anglicans # 2 of 2

Pope gets radical and woos the Anglicans # 2 of 2
Thursday, Nov. 29, 2007
We conclude with Damian Thompson poignant article in the Telegraph.co.uk 16/11/2007

“He may also have to reform an entire department, the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, which spends most of its time promoting the sort of ecumenical waffle that Benedict abhors.

This is a sensitive moment. Last month the bishops of the Traditional Anglican Communion, a network of 400,000 breakaway Anglo-Catholics based mainly in America and the Commonwealth wrote to Rome asking for “full, corporate, sacramental union.”
Their letter was drafted with the help of the Vatican. Benedict is overseeing the negotiations. Unlike John Paul II, he admires the Anglo-Catholic tradition. He is thinking of making special pastoral arrangements for Anglican converts walking away from the car wreck of the Anglican Communion.

This would mean that they could worship together, free from bullying by local bishops who dislike the newcomers’ conservationism and would rather “dialogue” with Anglicans rather than receive them into the Church.

The liberation of the Latin liturgy, the rapprochement with Eastern Orthodoxy, the absorption of former Anglicans – all these ambitions reflect Benedict’s conviction that the Catholic Church must rediscover the liturgical treasure of Christian history to perform its most important task: worshipping God.

This conviction is shared by growing numbers of young Catholics, but not by the Church politicians who have dominated the hierarchies of Europe for too long.
By failing to welcome the latest papal initiatives – even to display any interest in them, beyond the narrow question of how their power is affected – the Bishops of England and Wales have confirmed Benedict’s low opinion of them.
Now he should replace them. If the Catholic reformation is to start anywhere, it might as well start here.”

Addendum: LifeSiteNews.com - Wed. Nov. 21, 2007 By Hilary White titled:
Liberal Bishops and Moral Dissenters Ignore Pope Benedict’s Liturgical Instruction

“In response to decades of request and complaints about unauthorized liturgical and doctrinal innovation, Pope Benedict XVI issued a document July 7, called a ‘motu Proprio,’ erasing the restriction of what he called the “extraordinary rite” of the Mass. The document instructs bishops and priests who want to observe the older rite must be allowed to do so without having to ask permission and that congregations must have the Latin Mass if they ask for it….

“One American priest, Richard McBrien of Notre Dame University, is a leading voice of dissent on sexual issues, abortion and marriage and is widely seen as spokesman for the liberal wing of the bishops and clergy who object to the return of the traditional Mass. He wrote in The Tidings, the diocesan newspaper of the archdiocese of Los Angeles, that young Catholics cannot have experienced the old Latin Mass. He wrote, “It is a mystery how one can be nostalgic for something one has never experienced.” McBrien praised the work of “liturgical scholars” who, he said, “have published articles which carefully pick apart the reasoning behind the papal document.”
Pray for the intentions of the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI
George H. Kubeck, www.cinopsbegone.blogspot.com Duplicate into Spanish.

Pope gets radical and woos the Anglicans # 1 of 2

Pope gets radical and woos the Anglicans # 1 of 2
Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2007
The above is the headline of the Telegraph.co.uk’s studious article written by Damian Thompson. 16/11/2007. He is the editor-in-chief of the Catholic Herald, in Great Britain.

Two and half years after the name “Josephum” came booming down from the balcony of St. Peter’s, making liberal Catholics weep with rage, Pope Benedict XVI is revealing his programme of reform. And it is breathtakingly ambitious.

The 80 year old pontiff is planning a purification of the Roman liturgy in which decades of trendy innovations will be swept away. This recovery of the sacred is intended to draw Catholics closer to the Orthodox and ultimately to heal the 1,000 year Great Schism. But it is also designed to attract vast numbers of conservative Anglicans, who will be offered protection of the Holy Father if they convert en masse.

The liberal cardinals don’t like the sound of it all.
Ever since the shock of Benedict’s election, they have been waiting for him to show his hand. Now that he has, the resistance has begun in earnest – the Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor, is in the thick of it.

“Pope Benedict is isolated,” I was told when I visited Rome last week. “So many people even in the Vatican oppose him, and he feels the strain immensely.” Yet he is ploughing ahead. He reminds me of another conservative revolutionary, Margaret Thatcher, who waited for a couple of years before taking on the cabinet “wets” sabotaging her reforms.
Benedict’s pontificate moved in to a new phase on July 7, with the publication of his apostolic letter Summorum Pontificum.

With the stroke of his pen, the Pope restored the traditional Latin Mass – in effect banned for 40 years – to parity with the modern liturgy. Shortly afterwards, he replaced the Archbishop Piero Martini, the papal Master of Ceremonies who turned many of Pope John Paul II’s Masses into politically correct carnivals.
Cardinal Murphy-O’Connor was most displeased. Last week, he hit back with a “commentary” on Summorum Pontificum

According to Murphy-O’Connor, the ruling leaves the power of local bishops untouched. In fact, it removes the bishop’s power to block the ancient liturgy. In other words, the cardinal – who tried to block Benedict issuing the ruling – is misrepresenting its contents.

Alas, he is not alone: dozens of bishops in Britain, Europe and America have tried the same trick.
Murphy-O’Connor “commentary” was modeled on equally dire “guidelines” written by Bishop Arthur Roche of Leeds with the apparent purpose of discouraging the faithful from exercising their new rights.

A few years ago the ploy might have worked. But news travels fast in the traditionalist blogosphere, and these tactics have been brought to the attention of papal advisers.
This month, Archbishop Malcolm Ranjith, a senior Vatican official close to Benedict, declared that “bishops and even cardinals” who misrepresented Summorum Pontificum were “in rebellion against the Pope.”
Ranjith is tipped to become the next Prefect of the Congregation of Divine Worship, in charge of regulating worldwide liturgy. That makes sense: if Benedict is moving into higher gear, then he needs street fighters in high office. Cont’d Tomorrow.
Pray daily for the intentions of the Holy Father.
George H. Kubeck, www.cinopsbegone.blogspot.com Duplicate or translate in Spanish.

Report # 13 on David Carlin's Book

Report # 13 on David Carlin’s Book
Can a Catholic be a Democrat?
Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2007
Chapter 3 – America’s Anti-Christian Party 71-79
It would be a good idea to compare David Carlin’s book with Bill Press’s Book.
“Why is secularism so popular among the higher classes? First, to justify their many social privileges, Second, the higher classes are better educated than the middling classes; … Third, the great social, economic power possessed by the people in the higher classes makes it difficult for them, at least while they are in the prime of life, to feel what serious religious believers constantly feel – namely, that our poor human power is as nothing compared with the omnipotent providence of God. Finally, people with money provides them with an immense menu of choices:...

4. “As a consequence of having alienated non-affluent Christian voters, the Democratic Party has lost its position as America’s number one political party. It will remain number two until it expels or at least marginalized the anti-Christians currently wielding great influence in its ranks.

“… more and more conservative Protestants and orthodox Catholics are defecting from the old party of their parents and grandparents… Christian voters have recognized the new secularist character of the Democratic Party, but a great many haven’t…. But although secularism is stronger now than it has even been, the United States is still predominately religious, indeed predominately Christian. This is to say that these Christians are all of the traditional type, for many Catholics and Protestants have drifted away from orthodoxy intellectually and even morally.

“If the Democratic party wishes to hold on to voters … it will have to persuade its affluent secularists member either to cease pushing their agenda of else to take their agenda and leave the party…. The second-best thing for affluent secularists to remain in the party while abandoning their more ‘offensive’ parts of their agenda… The third-best thing … The secularist element in the party can license Democratic politicians to speak of ‘faith’ in their personal lives, of their belief in ‘values’ of how they would like to lower the rate of abortion in America, of the importance of strong families and so on.

5. Until the party expels or marginalizes its secularist element, it makes little or no sense for Catholics and other traditional Christians to support the Democ. Party.

“Why should I support a party that’s the enemy of my religion?” they ask. Likewise Christians who continue to support today’s Democratic Party increasingly experience feelings of cognitive dissonance, and will discover that one way to eliminate those unpleasant dissonance feelings is by ceasing to vote for Democrats….

“For one, it depends on how ‘Catholic’ a person is. Those who are little more than nominal Catholics, practicing the religion hardly at all and identifying with it only out of habit and family tradition, aren’t greatly offended by the party’s alliance with forces of secularism; for these nominal Catholics are virtually secularists themselves. Neither are liberal Catholics greatly offended, for they regard the defeat of orthodox Catholicism as a gain, a door opening to a new-an-improved brand of Catholicism.”
George H. Kubeck, wwwcinopsbegone.blogspot.com or Cinops Be Gone

Eternity and Death

Eternity and Death
Monday, Nov. 26th, 2007
Remember your four last ends: Death, Judgment, Heaven, and Hell.
The following are excerpts from Nov. 11 and Nov. 12th of Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger’s Book Co-Workers of the Truth 1992 Ignatius Press, San Fransisco

Let us dare to believe once more in eternal life, to live for eternal life.

Those who have talked us out of our belief in heaven, or would like to talk us out of it, have not given us the earth in exchange but have made it desolate and empty, have covered it with darkness. We must find once more the courage to believe in eternal life with all our heart.

A present that is only present and has no future has no hope. The nothingness that follows it also pollutes the present and makes it unbearable. Only eternity can unite the present and the future.

Humanity needs eternity; every other hope is too short for it. And it is not true that eternity robs humanity of time, impoverishes it, and makes it unimportant. On the contrary only eternity can give man time. If a person’s death is worthless then his life is worthless too.

There was a time when death was a forbidden topic in our society…. Death has actually become a fashionable topic.

The pressing of all questions: whether our life is to be measured in terms of eternity or is ordered solely to the fleeting moment.

What is obvious in all of them is that man cannot relinquish the struggle to learn about eternity, cannot give it up.

George H. Kubeck, Duplicate and or translate into Spanish.
P.S. In death we are born to eternal life.

Report Card # 16 of 23 on Bill Press'Book

Report Card # 16 on Bill Press’s Book
How the Republicans Stole Christmas
Sunday Morning, November 25, 2007 - Sunday Morning, March 19, 2006
Chapter 4 – Abortion and Stem Cell Research

There seems to be a hidden satisfaction and kind of devilish rebellion in the promotion of abortion on demand, euthanasia, same-sex marriage, and embryonic stem cell research by the CINOP (Catholic in Name Only Politician). There are also a number of Republicans in this area. They think they can get away and continue to fool Catholics at election time.

All of the above are absolute evils. They are not the prudential issues which CINOP Bill throws in as a smoke screen to fool you. “Consider moral shortfalls: the execution of innocent people on death row, the white collar crime that emptied the pension funds belonging to millions of workers, the latent racism that still denies many opportunities to African and Hispanic-Americans, or the fact that we citizens of the wealthiest nation on earth look the other way while 36 million Americans live below the poverty line.” (122)

As a starter, I would like to gather information and participate in a tentative court case of fraud and false advertisement for any CINOP in office or running for office in the political arena. In Orange County, the CINOP really does not represent any district. Maybe, they could in San Francisco because that is what we have. It is a dirty joke, an obnoxious scandal and the promotion of a false Catholic religion.

Fellow Christian Baptists and Evangelicals would not put up with members with this kind of hogwash politicians. Why should faithful Catholics be like sheep and be quiet about it? In Orange County, the CINOP includes the Congresswoman, one State Senator, two State Assemblymen, and one Supervisor. We will be focusing on the values voters.

Here is the “Statement on Responsibilities of Catholics in Public Life” by the U.S. Bishops’ conference. Washington, D.C., March 12, 2006 http://www.zenit.org

“A recent public statement by 55 Catholic and Democratic members of the House of Representatives offers an opportunity to address several important points about the responsibilities of Catholics in public life….Pope John Paul II’s apostolic exhortation on the vocation and mission of the laity, Christifideles Laici, which the representatives’ statement cites, declares: The inviolability of the person which is a reflection of the absolute inviolability of God finds its primary and fundamental expression in the inviolability of human life. Above all, the common outcry, which is justly made on behalf of human rights – for example, the right to health, to home, to work, to family, to culture – is false and illusory if the right to life, the most basic and fundamental right and the condition for all other personal rights, is not defended with maximum determination …. The human being is entitled to such rights, in every phase of development, from conception until natural death, and in every condition, whether healthy or sick. whole or handicapped, rich or poor. (38)… it is essential to remember that conscience must be consistent with fundamental moral principles… all Catholics are obliged to shape our consciences in accord with the moral teaching of the Church… Through dialogue, between Catholic political leaders & their own bishops, we hope to promote a better understanding of how the Church’s teaching on human life & dignity challenges us all.”
George H. Kubeck, Duplicate and translate into Spanish

Report Card # 15 on Bill Press's Book

Report Card # 15 on Bill Press’s Book
How the Republicans stole Christmas

Saturday, November 24, 2007 -March 11, 2006
Chapter 3 – The Death Penalty

There are many pro-life Democrats in the State Legislatures throughout the country. Why are there none in California? We continue with a brief review of this chapter. Our purpose is to explore the mind and heart of a Catholic in Name only Politician and to make the derivative CINOP as common as U.N. or RINO – Republican in Name Only. Note that the CINOP is a true believer in the social gospel issues, but seemingly blind and uncaring about the life and family issues. We have on the one hand, the prudential decisions and on the other hand the absolute evil decisions. There is also a hope and prayer to bring the CINOP back to over-all Catholic Values.

In this part of Bill’s brain (the Death Penalty); his thoughts make a lot of sense. “In recent years, no group has been more out front opposing the death penalty than the Catholic Church. And this represents a big change. As seen above, church fathers like Augustine and Aquinas originally steered the church in favor of executions as a legitimate function of the state….At least the Catholic Church is consistent. Its official position – based on reverence for life – is against abortion, in all cases, and against the death penalty, in all cases….There is simply no way that the death penalty can be uniformly and fairly applied, nationwide….Life in prison without parole is the proven, reliable, humane alternative to the death penalty.” 108, 110- 112.

Prior to the above, Bill Press is very much annoyed with St. Paul. “In their lust to justify killing their fellow men and women conservative Christians practically leap with joy whenever they stumble upon St. Paul’s letter to the Romans. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, for example, believes that St. Paul in Romans 13:4 gives the state all the authority it needs to kill… Religious conservatives follow St. Paul only selectively. They embrace the death penalty, yet they are also the first ones to start complaining about paying their taxes….But more seriously, is there anyone living in the twenty-first century who actually takes St. Paul at his word?” 101-2 To prove his point, Bill quotes St. Paul.

Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord…. Slaves obey your earthly masters in everything that you do: Colossians 3:18, 22

Unfortunately, Bill Press quoted Mario Cuomo who is an outspoken death penalty opponent. As governor of New York in the 1980’s he begged the Vatican: “Please, please, please speak on this subject.” Readers need to be informed that Cuomo via his writings is the Patron Saint of pro-abortion Catholic politicians. In the process Mario muddied the waters of Catholic thinking and had a bad influence on the U.S. Bishops.

In hindsight, decades ago, the bishop should have talked to the CINOP. Please attend Mass on Sundays, but don’t receive Holy Communion. It would also have been the best for our Catholic Faith and for the viability and survival of the Democratic Party which has many Catholics registered as Democrats.
A Common Sense Pro-Life Dispatch, George H. Kubeck, Duplicate and or translate into Spanish