Month: October 2011

Video looks at parallels of Holocaust and abortion

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Ray Comfort has produced a graphic video that deals with the subject of whether many people don’t know that Adolf Hitler killed millions of Jews during the Holocaust, and then draws a parallel to abortion in our own times: whether people realize abortion is another holocaust of the innocent.

The video (parental discretion advised) is waking up a lot of souls to remember history so as not to repeat it, and respect life in our present day. More about the movie, “180,” is here.

St. Luke the Evangelist

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Luke wrote one of the major portions of the New Testament, a two-volume work comprising the third Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles. In the two books he shows the parallel between the life of Christ and that of the Church. He is the only Gentile Christian among the Gospel writers. Luke wrote as a Gentile for Gentile Christians. The character of Luke may best be seen by the emphases of his Gospel, which has been given a number of subtitles:

(1) The Gospel of Mercy: Luke emphasizes Jesus’ compassion and patience with the sinners and the suffering. He has a broadminded openness to all, showing concern for Samaritans, lepers, publicans, soldiers, public sinners, unlettered shepherds, the poor. Luke alone records the stories of the sinful woman, the lost sheep and coin, the prodigal son, the good thief.

(2) The Gospel of Universal Salvation: Jesus died for all. He is the son of Adam, not just of David, and Gentiles are his friends too.

(3) The Gospel of the Poor: “Little people” are prominent—Zechariah and Elizabeth, Mary and Joseph, shepherds, Simeon and the elderly widow, Anna. He is also concerned with what we now call “evangelical poverty.”

(4) The Gospel of Absolute Renunciation: He stresses the need for total dedication to Christ.

(5) The Gospel of Prayer and the Holy Spirit: He shows Jesus at prayer before every important step of his ministry. The Spirit is bringing the Church to its final perfection.

(6) The Gospel of Joy: Luke succeeds in portraying the joy of salvation that permeated the primitive Church.

Patron Saint of:
Artists
Brewers
Butchers
Doctors
Notaries
Painters
Physicians
Surgeons

And to baby born in our family today….Susanna Marie! Welcome dear soul, its so great to have you join us!

Saint Luke may have been an artist

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Saint Luke not only is the patron saint of artists but is thought to have been an artist himself. Pious tradition tells us that he painted the first icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary on the top of the Holy Family’s dinner table (and Polish tradition says that that icon is the one that came to be known as Our Lady of Czestochowa).

Upcoming Feast Days in October

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October Feast Days:

St Teresa of Avila is the 15th, St. Margaret Mary Alacoque is the 16th, St. Ignatius of Antioch is the 17th and St. Luke the Evangelist is the 18th.