Prayer Needed for "Catholic Friends"
One week ago, I sent out an email to "Catholic friends" whom I thought were very strong, committed pro-life Catholics. It was brief, to the point, and something I thought would be of interest to those involved.
Instead of receiving a "Thank you", which I don't ever expect, but often receive from others in reply to emails I send to them, I received some very irate, and downright nasty emails back, some very hurtful.
I have forgiven the individuals involved, but it made me question how authentic their Catholic faith truly is and how many other Catholics there are out there who hide behind the facade of appearing as strong Catholic leaders in their community, while privately living out lives that are inconsistent with their Catholic faith. Like rebellious teenagers, they listen to the "Parent", but the words fall on deaf ears and they do whatever they please. In their distorted way of thinking, the act is morally wrong only if they are caught. An absence of action is ok because they are not "doing anything wrong." How successful Satan is in deceiving them!
The email is as follows:
In speaking of his opponent for the U.S. Senate race in IL, Barack Obama, Alan Keyes stated, " "He (Obama) voted three times to continue the practice of infanticide," Keyes said. "Could Christ do that? Obviously, since Barack Obama supports something that Jesus Christ couldn't support ... I'm arguing no Christian worth his name should vote for him."
I quoted a practicing Catholic who lives out his faith in his life and is an excellent model for other Catholics to emulate. His opponent, Barack Obama, is someone who has a record of consistently voting against life. The two are like night and day on human life issues.
What could possibly have been so upsetting about this particular email as to prompt someone to send "hate" mail in return? It must have really touched a nerve.
Please join me in praying for those Catholics who prefer to remain in the darkness and live out their lives in denial of the truth, for those who are apathetic, and for those who prefer to live in their own little world or think by saying a prayer every now and then when they are in the mood, they have done their part and that is sufficient.
I pray that the Holy Spirit will open their minds, their eyes, and their ears to the truth and move them in a dramatic way to become proactive in the pro-life movement in the way that God intends all his children to be -- each using their gifts in a unique way to carry out His will. The graces are there for them -- I pray that they step out of their comfort zone and reach out to accept them. I ask this is in the name of Jesus through the intercession of Our Holy Mother, the Blessed Virgin Mary. Amen.
~ Posted by Jean M. Heimann
One week ago, I sent out an email to "Catholic friends" whom I thought were very strong, committed pro-life Catholics. It was brief, to the point, and something I thought would be of interest to those involved.
Instead of receiving a "Thank you", which I don't ever expect, but often receive from others in reply to emails I send to them, I received some very irate, and downright nasty emails back, some very hurtful.
I have forgiven the individuals involved, but it made me question how authentic their Catholic faith truly is and how many other Catholics there are out there who hide behind the facade of appearing as strong Catholic leaders in their community, while privately living out lives that are inconsistent with their Catholic faith. Like rebellious teenagers, they listen to the "Parent", but the words fall on deaf ears and they do whatever they please. In their distorted way of thinking, the act is morally wrong only if they are caught. An absence of action is ok because they are not "doing anything wrong." How successful Satan is in deceiving them!
The email is as follows:
In speaking of his opponent for the U.S. Senate race in IL, Barack Obama, Alan Keyes stated, " "He (Obama) voted three times to continue the practice of infanticide," Keyes said. "Could Christ do that? Obviously, since Barack Obama supports something that Jesus Christ couldn't support ... I'm arguing no Christian worth his name should vote for him."
I quoted a practicing Catholic who lives out his faith in his life and is an excellent model for other Catholics to emulate. His opponent, Barack Obama, is someone who has a record of consistently voting against life. The two are like night and day on human life issues.
What could possibly have been so upsetting about this particular email as to prompt someone to send "hate" mail in return? It must have really touched a nerve.
Please join me in praying for those Catholics who prefer to remain in the darkness and live out their lives in denial of the truth, for those who are apathetic, and for those who prefer to live in their own little world or think by saying a prayer every now and then when they are in the mood, they have done their part and that is sufficient.
I pray that the Holy Spirit will open their minds, their eyes, and their ears to the truth and move them in a dramatic way to become proactive in the pro-life movement in the way that God intends all his children to be -- each using their gifts in a unique way to carry out His will. The graces are there for them -- I pray that they step out of their comfort zone and reach out to accept them. I ask this is in the name of Jesus through the intercession of Our Holy Mother, the Blessed Virgin Mary. Amen.
~ Posted by Jean M. Heimann
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