Papal Curiosity

After the family rosary...

Jamie: "I have a good question. Why do we need a Pope?"

Mom: "Well, let me explain".....(we read the Bible story when Jesus gives Peter the keys and I give her an explanation)..... "and here is a picture of ALL the Popes from Peter to Benedict XVI. There are 265."

Jamie: "NO WAY!"

The next day at Nana's house...

Jamie: "Nana, if you want to know why we have a Pope, just read this!" (points to the story in her children's bible)

Boycott the Super Bowl! UPDATED AGAIN!

The Super Bowl will not air this now popular (amongst pro-lifers) Ad by CatholicVote.com.
I'm not going to watch this year... the trashy commercials and half-time shows aren't good for me anyways.

Update: Write NBC and tell them you're upset! (THIS is the correct email, and it works)
Updated Again: EWTN will air the commercial from 5:30pmET-MidnightET, Sun. Feb. 1

It's worth another look...

Lovely Baptismal Font

My Aunt Robin built this Baptismal Font from scratch for her church. She is just about finished. As you can see, it is detailed with mosaic tiles, many of which were hand cut. It should look beautiful when the water pours out. Good Job! Her parish is surely blessed.

Reach out and touch someone

This is literally the only way I can get John Paul to nap anymore. He has to be with Gianna. So when she woke up, she had a big brother reaching out for her.

Please Lord may he always guard her and love her THIS much :)

Future in Fashion

Don't forget the hair!

Too cute not to post

Before FOCA....PFA

"Prevention First Act"

And it's already IN Congress! Here's what it would do (keep in mind what Catholic Hospitals/Pharmacies would have to do):

• Prohibit[s] a group health plan from excluding or restricting benefits for prescription contraceptive drugs, devices, and outpatient services
• Requires hospitals, as a condition of receiving federal funds, to offer and to provide, upon request, emergency contraception to victims of sexual assault.
• Expand[s] Medicaid's coverage of family planning services ... and contraception
• Expands Medicaid rebates to manufacturers for the sale of covered outpatient drugs at nominal prices to include sales to student health care facilities and entities offering family planning services.

Planned Parenthood is also pushing similar measures in the States, like in Ohio they are pushing a bill that would:

• Force insurance companies to cover birth control if they cover other prescriptions;
• Mandate that every hospital in the state provide emergency contraception to rape victims and tell the victims that emergency contraception does not cause an abortion;
• Replace abstinence-only sex ed with programs that gives equal time to the use of birth control and don’t tell children to save sex for marriage;
• Put taxpayer money into “teen pregnancy prevention” programs;
• Do away with the right of pharmacies and/or pharmacists to refuse to sell products that conflict with their religious beliefs;
• Rewrite the Ohio health funding bill to ensure that PP is directly eligible for taxpayer money for family planning services.

American Life League has the details.

Gimme Gimme Gimme!!!!!

I've got the Catholic Gimmes!!!! Check these out:

It's the kid's version of Jeff Cavin's "Great Bible Adventure"! Yeah!
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It's a continuation of Jeff Cavin's "Great Bible Adventure"
"A Journey Through Church History". AWESOME!
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How much he loves his sister...

Today John Paul wanted to hold Gianna. I knew she was getting hungry but let him hold her for a second anyways. Sure enough, she began to fuss.

"Let me feed her for a minute and then you can hold her," I said.

"John Paul eat, John Paul eat," he says while lifting his shirt.

Of course, he didn't mean for him to eat; he was really thinking, "John Paul feed."

"No sweetie. Mommy has milk for Gianna not John Paul."

He looks sadly at his tummy and chest. Then he begins to search...finding no place to feed Gianna. He settles for the belly button and once again says "John Paul eat."

Nancy Pelosi says contraception will stimulate the economy!

American Papist has the story here.

Disgusting!

Maternity Clothes Twilight Zone

Has anyone else noticed that ALL of the latest fashions resemble maternity clothes? What is the difference between these two shirts BOTH available from JCPenny???? $4...and the maternity one (right) is more expensive (surprise, surprise). They are IDENTICAL!




Something I noticed with this last pregnancy was that my maternity clothes were very tight! They were no longer built to accommodate baby, but rather let baby "hang out" and bulge through for the whole world to see every angle (the boobs too). Like this:




There are 4 new shirts I bought last year while pregnant that I can still wear today! And then a few bonus shirts that look JUST like the clothes at the store today.

The silver lining in all this is we no longer have to pack the maternity clothes away...just leave them on the hanger....it's fashionable! (Although WAY too confusing. Is she pregnant or not?)

Let's play a game. Maternity shirt or not?


Answer: Both...(if the model were pregnant)

Is this supposed to be a new way to "dress up" our heavier culture, or are women subconsciously envious of the cute pregnant girl?

I feel like the "cute pregnant girl" image has faded away because EVERYONE is now that "cute"...and to add to the confusion we don't know if you are pregnant until you're about to give birth and you can't help but notice.

Shopping for maternity clothes is a rite of passage for the new mom and a unique experience for a time. That priveledge is now open to all. And the post pardum me would like to buy a normal shirt!

*sigh* Will the New Mom every get her pedestal back?

FOCA

The Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA) is an eminent threat to the preborn in our country via new President Barack Obama. It would reverse any existing legal restrictions to abortion (partial-birth, parental consent, etc.) It could pass any hour, day, or month. And he has promised to sign it into law

"Obama was a co-sponsor of the Freedom of Choice Act, which threatens the incremental progress the pro-life movement has made since 1992's Planned Parenthood v. Casey decision. In Washington and Springfield, Illinois, he has voted against banning partial-birth abortion, against laws designed to protect infants who survive attempted abortions, and against restrictions on taxpayer funding of elective abortion. " (Full Article here at the American Spectator)

Write/Call/Email your Congressmen!!! ...and Pray!

Our Lady of Guadalupe, we turn to you who are the protectress of unborn children and ask that you intercede for us, so that we may more firmly resolve to join you in protecting all human life. Let our prayers be united to your perpetual motherly intercession on behalf of those whose lives are threatened, be they in the womb of their mother, on the bed of infirmity, or in the latter years of their life. May our prayers also be coupled with peaceful action, which witnesses to the goodness and dignity of all human life, so that our firmness of purpose may give courage to those who are fearful and bring light to those who are blinded by sin. Encourage our Congressmen to reject FOCA; help them to walk closely with God and to give voice to the cry of the oppressed, in order to remind our nation of its commitment to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for all people. O Virgin Mother of God, present our petitions to your Son and ask Him to bless us with abundant life. Amen.

Huck on Embryonic Stem Cell Research

Mario Quomo: "When president bush says it's a human life, is that a scientific conclusion?...No, it's a sacred conclusion."

Huckabee: "Scientifically it is a life. And it has to be human. It can't be anything else. It's not broccoli, a puppy, then it's human." (((audience applause)))

Later in the interview...

Mario Quomo: "The constitution gives women a choice and I think that's a good thing." (((crickets chirp)))

[Watch Huckabee on Fox, Sat./Sun. 7:00pm CDT]

A Mother's Advice...

If your child delicately chews her vitamins and there is even a slight possibility she will freak out at the texture and spit it out, creating a wicked red foamy mess around her nose and mouth that resembles Rocky Balboa after a fight...make sure she's not in a carpeted area. The red dye won't come out!

Huck's Catholicity

Throughout the campaign I recognized a Catholicity in Huckabee that he probably doesn't recognize. Many of his statements sound very JP2 or GKChesterton.

Here's another example I read today:

A Liberal: "Being gay is so integral to a person's identity that it's not a choice, it's like being African-American."

Huckabee: "I am especially offended by that, because blackness is an inescapable quality. Black is not a behavior. There's no behavior to black. What you can say is whatever disposition, it's a choice. A lot of people are celibate. When people enter the priesthood, they make a choice to subjugate certain behaviors and/or feelings. It's not that they don't have them; it's that they choose not to act on them." (full interview here)

Like Father Corapi says to homosexuals: "You and I are the same...called to celibacy!"

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March for Life 2009

36 years...49 Million dead...Ground Zero: Dallas, TX

Will we ever stop marching???

My Latest Baby

My pride and joy! My very first every SUCCESSFUL loaf of 100% Whole Wheat Bread (and for those out there who bake bread you know this is quite a feat). It is basically a combination of 3 different recipes...I just combined the best of all worlds! And as you can see local food critics approve:

Patrick Madrid: Strange Lights in the Sky

Hmm....Is Our Lady tellings us World War III is about to begin? Check this out...
Patrick Madrid: Strange Lights in the Sky

Note to Self

Before you let your son indulge on nutritious homemade bread with flax seed and FULL of fiber....consider what it will do to his digestive system.

A message from Gianna

I just couldn't resist:

Pee Pee Cars

Well...as long as they are picking up toys...

Smart Girl

Mom: "Do you think Lady is sad?"

Jamie: "No."

Mom: "Why not?"

Jamie: "Because dog's can't think."

Mom: ".....yes.....that's true."

Prayer for today's NFP Class

Please pray for us and our students today...

Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Thy faithful and enkindle in them the fire of Thy love.

V. Send forth Thy Spirit and they shall be created.
R. And Thou shalt renew the face of the earth.

Let us pray. O God, Who didst instruct the hearts of the faithful by the light of the Holy Spirit, grant us in the same Spirit to be truly wise, and ever to rejoice in His consolation. Through Christ our Lord.

Amen.

One PILL Inventor sees the Light

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The Hat

This hat is an appendage to John Paul. He wears it all day and night...yes even to bed. The only time we take it off is during church (and no it's not easy to get off). For a few weeks, it mysteriously disappeared...no really it did! I actually missed it (even though it was 85 degrees the other day...but hey it's Texas!). Fortunately, it was found again, and our little "bank robber" is back!

If laundry were this cute everyday...

...I'd look FORWARD to Mondays!