Today on the Feast of Saint Joseph, Patron of the Church, I sent the following letter to the Bishop of Charleston. The linked "Open Appeal to the Catholic Bishops of the World" is self-explanatory and involves what I believe to be one of the greatest crises ever to confront Christendom. I hope you will consider contacting your own bishop and forwarding this appeal. Contact information for bishops is usually found on the diocesan website.
Saint Joseph, pray for us.
Your Excellency:
Catholic World Report has recently published"An Open Appeal to the Catholic Bishops of the World" which I would respectfully recommend to you. It is an urgent appeal to avert a spiritual crisis which has been foisted on the Church by corruption and heresy emanating from the very top. The letter contains four specific recommendations as to how our spiritual shepherds can preserve and promote the Christian deposit of faith. I prayerfully hope that you will consider acting on these recommendations.
The heretical teachings being promoted under a "new paradigm" are as old as the devil who inspires them and we have already seen the ruin they have brought to the Anglican communion. I assure you of my prayers and eagerness to help in any way you may see fit in preserving the teachings of our Church, handed down to us by the Apostles.
Very respectfully yours in Christ,
Daniel J. Cassidy A parishioner of St. Peter's Church, Columbia
Dear Brothers and Sisters: Today, we celebrate the feast of Saint Joseph, Spouse
of the Virgin Mary and Patron of the universal Church. Saint Joseph is
venerated as the “guardian” of the Holy Family, and in this role he serves as a
model for all fathers and educators. Joseph watched over Jesus’ human
development – his growth, as Saint Luke tells us, “in wisdom, age and grace”
(2:52). We think of how Joseph, as the carpenter of Nazareth, taught the young
Jesus his trade and the value of work. Joseph also quietly imparted to Jesus
that wisdom which consists above all in reverence for the Lord, prayer and
fidelity to his word, and obedience to his will. Joseph’s paternal example
helped Jesus to grow, on a human level, in his understanding and appreciation of
his unique relationship to his heavenly Father. With Our Lady, Joseph guided
the young Jesus as he responded to the working of the Holy Spirit in his heart
and in his life. By his example and prayers, may Saint Joseph be a sure guide
to all parents, priests and teachers charged with the education of our young.
Santo Padre: Saluto cordialmente i pellegrini di lingua inglese presenti all’odierna Udienza,
e in particolare quelli provenienti da Inghilterra, Irlanda, Danimarca,
Indonesia, Canada – San Giuseppe è il Patrono del Canada! Preghiamo per il
Canada; e Stati Uniti. Rivolgo un saluto particolare alla delegazione
dell’Università Sophia di Tokyo in occasione del centesimo anniversario di
fondazione. Su tutti voi invoco la gioia e la pace del Signore Gesù!
Speaker: I am pleased to greet the English-speaking visitors and pilgrims present at
today’s Audience, including those from England, Ireland, Denmark, Indonesia and
the United States. In a special way I greet the delegation from Sophia
University in Japan, which this year marks the centenary of its founding. Upon
all of you I invoke the joy and peace of Jesus our Lord!
The botox must be causing side effects because this apostate never attempts to use her purported faith without getting the facts completely wrong. It is stunning how these modern-day Judases reveal themselves.
On the solemn Catholic feast of one of the most prestigious patron saints of unborn children, St. Joseph, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has invoked the husband of Mary and the stepfather of Jesus to help pass the abortion-laden health care bill.
"Today is the feast of St. Joseph the Worker," Pelosi told reporters Friday on Capitol Hill. "It's a day where we remember and pray to St. Joseph to benefit the workers of America, and that's exactly what our health care bill will do."
However, Catholic commentators quickly pointed out that Pelosi's Catholic pitch was less than pitch-perfect: March 19 is actually the Catholic feast of St. Joseph, husband of Mary, and not the feast of St. Joseph the Worker, which takes place on May 1.
AmericanPapist blogger Thomas Peters wrote that, "When I first heard about this I thought it was a joke. But Nancy Pelosi's callous way of twisting her faith to suit her politics is beyond parody."
As more pseudo-Catholic organizations voice support for the health care bill, the Obama administration has jumped at the chance to win a "Catholic" endorsement for the bill in the hope of persuading conservative Democrats in the House to vote the measure through. Taking up that line, Pelosi noted that she was pleased "that we've got a letter representing 60 leaders of religious sisters" pushing the bill.
"Every order that you can think of was there saying that they wanted us to pass this life-affirming legislation," she claimed.
Network, a pro-abortion social justice lobby of religious sisters, earlier this week joined the Leadership Conference of Women Religious in urging support for the bill as "the REAL pro-life stance." Since then, however, a coalition of traditional nuns have rushed to back the USCCB's condemnation of the anti-life bill, which all major pro-life organizations have deemed completely unacceptable on the life issues.
In addition, a quickly-growing number of bishops have individually issued statements warning their flock not to be "fooled" by the left-wing religious sisters' endorsement.
