New York Times Highlights Christian and Jewish ‘Blessings’ for Abortion Clinics

 

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The New York Times has published a glowing article in praise of Christian and Jewish ministers who conduct “blessings” of abortion clinics in America.

A Baptist minister, a Presbyterian pastor, and a Jewish cantor walked quietly through an abortion clinic where they “blessed the exam tables and their stirrups, the boxes of disposable gowns and the cushioned chairs in the recovery room,” the Times notes approvingly in Friday’s article.

“Through a ritual blessing of the year-old clinic,” the piece states, the faith leaders “wanted to show that religion could be a source of support for abortion rights.”

“You all are blessings to those who come to you for care during some of their most vulnerable and sometimes painful moments,” said the Rev. Katey Zeh, an ordained Baptist minister, to staff members gathered in the clinic’s waiting room.

The story failed to mention whether the three also blessed the scissors inserted into the base of the baby’s skull, the saline solution that scalds the child’s flesh, the suction machine used to aspirate the chopped-up body parts, or the forceps used to grab at the baby’s limbs to rip them out, one by one.

During the blessing of the new clinic, 27-year-old Ramsie Monk “wept as one of her colleagues described her grief over the end of legal abortion in West Virginia,” the article states.

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Syria: Israel Destroys the Cross on Mount Hermon

By Gianni Toffali

As soon as they invaded Syria and Mount Hermon, Israeli soldiers dismantled the large crucifix that had stood on top of the mountain for decades.

ISIS and Al-Qaeda would have done the same. Obviously the cross is intolerable to them, an unacceptable 'scandal', as St Paul wrote.

The Vatican is in interreligious dialogue with other religions. It is a pity that the intentions (= pious illusions) of the Pontifical Council for Religious Dialogue do not go beyond the walls of the Vatican.

Or, more pragmatically, they remain a dead letter because the recipients use them as a bonfire.

There is no comment or condemnation from the Vatican.

Now, to prove that the gesture of the occupiers under the Star of David is due to an "excess of short-sightedness", it would be nice if the regime in Tel Aviv would apologise to the Church.

When the stubborn 'optimists' in the Vatican realise that illusion is what fills the gaps left by reality, there will be little or nothing left of Christianity.

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Holy Mass: “There Was No Room for Them in the Inn“

 

Christian Marquant wrote a Christmas message on PaixLiturgique.fr (27 December) about the situation of the Holy Mass in Paris.

This week, with the exception of Christmas Day, we will continue to hold vigils, pray and protest to the bishops, all the more so because we are experiencing once again what Luke 2:7 says: "Mary gave birth to her first-born son, wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.

There was no room for them in the inn.
Paris is a sad example of how the Catholic liturgy is treated, as was the Son of God when he came to earth. In Saint-Georges-de-la-Villette and Notre-Dame-du-Travail, where simple people used to come to pray 'as always', there is no place for it.

There was no room for them in the inn.
In Sainte-Odile, there is no longer room for the weekday Mass. There is only very limited space at Sainte-Jeanne de Chantal, where Holy Mass fills the church every day and several times on Sundays.

There was no room for them in the inn.
As in the days when Mass was celebrated in barns and garages, it is now held in the Centre Saint-Paul, in a former business premises, when the nearby Basilica of Notre-Dame-des-Victoires, Place des Petits Pères, could so easily open its doors to it.

There was no room for them in the inn.
In Notre-Dame, rebuilt from its ruins, in the Sacré-Cœur de Montmartre, in Saint-Sulpice, in the great churches of Paris, there is no small place left, even once a month, for the masses who have lived in these buildings and kept them alive for so long.

There was no place for them in the inn.
Always and everywhere, distrust of the Roman liturgy, refusal, the most restrictive concessions. It's as if the men of the Church were ashamed of their venerable liturgical tradition, or rather afraid of it, afraid that if it were to grow and spread it would expose the failure of their destructive reform.

So this Christmas week, like our Master, we'll be on the outside. We'll be praying the rosary in the streets of Paris, in front of the Archbishop's office, 10 rue du Cloître-Notre-Dame, on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, from 1 pm to 1.30 pm.

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As Christianity Dies In The West, The West Dies, Too

 By Vince Coyner

“Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times.”

Since that quote was first published in 2017 by G. Michael Hopf in Those Who Remain, it has become one of the most oft-quoted phrases in the conservative universe. (I’ve quoted it a number of times.) That’s because it perfectly captures the current state of Western civilization.

I’ve experienced a good bit of that Western civilization. I’ve had the good fortune to have lived over a quarter of my life outside of the United States. I’ve lived in Cuba—albeit on a rather well-known American base rather than in the Communist part—Italy, Germany, and France. I do not say good fortune because I think living in America is bad. On the contrary, living outside of the United States has given me a perspective on America that I’m most certain I wouldn’t have had I not lived outside her borders for as long as I did.

I spent most of my time outside of America in Europe. The thing that most attracted and attracts me to Europe is the history, or, more accurately, the physical manifestations of history. From the Colosseum and the Vatican in Rome to the Louvre and Mont-Saint-Michel in France to the Heidelberg Castle and the Cologne Cathedral in Germany, I simply can’t get enough. Europe is covered with countless such monuments, most of which long predate the United States.

Many of what I call monuments to history aren’t actual monuments at all. Most are structures built for a function, and most of them were created to either celebrate Christ or were created by men impelled by Christianity. Of course, Christianity is, like everything crafted by man, imperfect. Still, overall, the civilizations grounded in Christianity have created more freedom, technological advances, and prosperity than any civilization in human history.

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As it relates to America, as much as leftists want to argue that America was not founded as a Christian country, they’re simply wrong. Christianity infused virtually every element of life in what became the United States and the Europe from which its founders came. While one can make the argument that men like Franklin or Madison may have been “deists,” the reality is that they were very much part of the penumbra of Christianity that infused the colonies.

240 years on from America’s founding is where Hopf’s good times / hard times construct comes in. As Western civilization gets farther away from Christianity, the worse it becomes.

Read the rest: https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/12/as_christianity_dies_in_the_west_the_west_dies_too.html

Triple-Amputee Vet Dying In Prison For Building A Border Wall Prays for Pardon

 By Guest Contributor Dec. 24, 2024 7:15 am391 Comments

Brian Kolfage

Guest post by Jeff Rainforth:

President Trump, millions of Americans have the highest hope that triple-amputee Air Force veteran Brian Kolfage will be pardoned.

Kolfage is slowly dying in a federal prison because he had a border wall built. The lack of proper care for this war hero is shocking.

Brian Kolfage receiving his Purple Heart.

Kolfage was wrongfully imprisoned by the infamous SDNY Democrat operatives over being paid an approved salary for his part in getting miles of privately funded border wall built in Texas and New Mexico. His colleague who worked with him on the border wall project, Timothy Shea, is also languishing in prison and should be pardoned as well.

Brian Kolfage with his father

Kolfage was sentenced to 51 months by the same DOJ operation that targeted Trump. Stephen K. Bannon was pardoned by President Trump for these same charges. Following the pardon, Alvin Bragg charged Bannon through the state of New York.

Brian Kolfage with a young boy who lost 3 limbs after finding an undetonated live grenade which exploded

Kolfage founded We Build the Wall to build border walls when the government would not because of Democratic Party obstruction.

Brian at the top of the wall he had constructed. Photo by Jeff Rainforth

Below is a short video from when we were just completing construction of the wall.

Because of his service to his country and his sacrifice, Kolfage will never hop out of bed ever again. He will never run around with his kids or his wife. He will never go for a swim, ride a bike, or play sports with his children.

Visit the official Free Amputee Vet Brian Kolfage site.

Brian Kolfage getting out of a vehicle during a border scouting trip. Photo: Jeff Rainforth

Left on his own without any assistance, Kolfage would have to crawl on the nubs of his legs, using his left arm to drag himself across the ground to move. He will never, ever live a normal life like most of us. For that reason alone this war hero deserves a pardon.

Source: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/12/triple-amputee-vet-dying-prison-building-border-wall/