R. J. Grigaitis

I’ve looked at the pictures (http://noticias.uol.com.br/ultnot/album/bbc/091019calendario_album.jhtm), and I am completely disgusted. Please send an e-mail to the Minister of Justice of Spain and tell others.

It seems that the new e-mail address for the Minister of Justice of Spain is not working. You can copy and paste the message below to the contact form for the Spanish Minister of Justice at this address:
http://www.mjusticia.es/cs/Satellite?c=Page&cid=1057821035277&lang=en_gb&pagename=Portal_del_ciudadano%2FPage%2FContacto

(What an ugly address. Compare it to mine (http://grigaitis.net/contact/). I’d say the Spanish Minister of Justice needs a better computer programmer working on his website.)

You may have to be patient, the server for the Spanish Minister of Justice website seems to be getting overloaded today. There must be a lot of outraged Catholics around the world trying to contact him.

Excmo. Sr. D. Francisco Caamano Dominguez,

My heart is broken to learn about the calendar launched by homosexuals in Spain that pervert, distort and blaspheme my Catholic faith and the apparitions of Our Lady of Fatima.

I write to express my deepest and most just outrage at this calendar being allowed to circulate in Spain, the country that is home to the world’s first Marian shrine of Our Lady of PiIar.

Spain has always been known as the Most Catholic Nation. How then can this unspeakable blasphemy be allowed there?

The choice of the calendar’s theme is clearly intended to offend the religious sentiment of Spanish Catholics, which is in violation of #525 of the Spanish Criminal Code.

As a Canadian, I am also offended by this blasphemy, more than words can express.

I urge you to use all measures afforded by law to stop the circulation of this highly offensive and blasphemous calendar.

Respectfully yours,
R. J. Grigaitis, sfo

This is the original e-mail that I received from America Needs Fatima:

October 29, 2009

Dear Mr. Grigaitis,

My heart is sick to tell you, but…

…as Catholics, we must defend Our Lady’s honor, especially when She is blasphemed, and shown half-naked!

According to press reports, homosexual groups in Spain published a calendar that has horrific, unspeakable blasphemies against Our Lady of Fatima and other Marian apparitions!

Besides a man that is practically naked alongside Our Lady, the calendar has “images that are based on famous works of sacred art, especially apparitions of the Virgin Mary, but interpreted by transsexuals.

“In the ‘Secular Calendar,’ each month is represented by a free interpretation of famous scenes of Catholic imagery, such as Our Lady of Fatima and the three shepherd children. But redecorated with homosexual esthetics.”

“The scenes show saints dressed as drag queens, using crowns, necklaces, bracelets, and colored condoms with applicators and vibrators attached to the crowns.”

Moreover, the homosexual group behind the calendar suggests December 25 be officially declared the Day of Democracy instead of Christmas. (BOL Noticias, online 10/19/09). http://noticias.bol.uol.com.br/internacional/2009/10/19/ult36u47296.jhtm
— (Access with caution).

As Catholics, you and I cannot remain silent before such blasphemous insults to Our Lady and the Catholic faith! No matter where in the world it is.

So please send a protest message NOW via email to the Minister of Justice in Spain.

It’s vital that you send your message right away. I don’t believe the honor of Our Lady has ever been attacked like this before in history. Ever!

You and I, and tens of thousands of Americans MUST speak out against this and spread our just outrage to other countries too. And, with God’s help, our prayers and protest may become so huge that the authorities in Spain will enforce the country’s anti-blasphemy laws, and prohibit this blasphemous calendar.

How wonderful that would be!

For love of Our Blessed Mother, please pray this happens.

So please send your e-message today to the Minister of Justice of Spain.

And consider forwarding this email message to all the Catholics you know.

And since the honor of Our Lady was insulted in the worst way ever, you and I MUST offer the most fervent and widespread act of reparation possible at this time.

To join our nationwide, even worldwide campaign of reparation, please go here to download and pray these acts of reparation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary and the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

Thank you for joining me in this fervent, filial and global act of reparation in face of such a vile, unspeakable blasphemy against our dearest and purest Mother.

May God bless you!

Sincerely in Jesu et Maria
Robert E. Ritchie
America Needs Fatima
www.ANF.org

PS — Please send your instant e-mail protest against this blasphemy to the Minister of Justice of Spain.

Above all, please pray that our protest be blessed by God, and that hundreds of thousands of Americans and Canadians join Catholics worldwide in defending the holy honor of Our Lady against this vile calendar.

Suddenly, everything clicks. And swipes. And scrolls. And exposes you to more electromagnetic pollution.

Introducing Magic Mouse. The world’s first Multi-Touch mouse.
Now included with every new iMac. And only available as wireless.

It looks really cool, and I’d like to try it, but I’m not about to expose my body to anymore electromagnetic pollution than I have to, and you should be as concerned as I am about the dangers of electromagnetic pollution. Voice your concern to Apple. If we get them to put a cord on this mouse, maybe we can get them to put a dirty electricity filter on their computers.

You can make your voice heard here:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/

This is what I said:

Subject: Please put a cord on the Magic Mouse

I would really like to try your Magic Mouse, but I do not want to expose my body to the electromagnetic pollution that it emits. Electromagnetic pollution is a real danger to the human body. Most people don’t notice the effects of electromagnetic pollution until they develop electrohypersensitivity and become sick.

Please give consumers the option of a safer Magic Mouse by putting a cord on it.

Go to this webpage for more information about electromagnetic pollution:
http://eha-ab.ca/electrical/

This is what I said in a separate e-mail:

Subject: Please put a dirty electricity filter on your computers

I am very happy with my iMac; however, I would like to have the option of purchasing my next computer with an integrated dirty electricity filter. Dirty electricity is a form of electromagnetic pollution. Electromagnetic pollution is a real danger to the human body. Most people don’t notice the effects of electromagnetic pollution until they develop electrohypersensitivity and become sick.

A dirty electricity filter integrated into a computer will cost consumers only 10% what it costs to buy one separately. I would gladly pay an extra $12 to $20 on my next computer purchase to protect my body from harmful effects of electromagnetic pollution.

Please give consumers the option of purchasing your computers with an integrated dirty electricity filter.

Go to this webpage for more information about electromagnetic pollution:
http://eha-ab.ca/electrical/

Do you know who made these two statements:

“I always said that you should not have your religion interfere with government policies or with the policies of the people.”

“I am a Catholic and a very dedicated Catholic, but that does not interfere with my decision-making…”

No, it wasn’t one of the Kennedys. Close though. It was Eunice’s son-in-law, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Over and over again, I keep reading in the news about politicians that say they’re “a dedicated Catholic” or “a Catholic in good standing,” but add that their faith does not interfere with their political affairs. Since most of the news I read is from Catholic sources, over and over again, I read how bishops keep affirming that such politicians should refrain from receiving Communion when their anti-Catholic decision-making results in the death of an innocent person, as it does with abortion.

This is not a punishment or power-play by the bishops. It’s actually the only charitable thing to do for such politicians. It is a mortal sin to deliberately, and with full knowledge of the consequences, do something that results in the death of an innocent person. If someone receives Christ in the Eucharist in a state of mortal sin, he commits a sacrilege, and he is in a worse state than before receiving Communion. Catholic politicians that make such political decisions, and are therefore in a state of mortal sin, must make a valid Confession (avowing not to commit the same sin again) before receiving Communion.

Not only are these politicians putting themselves in a state of mortal sin when they make such decisions, they are betraying the Catholic Faith. This is how the Jews felt about the Jewish tax collectors, or publicans, during the Roman occupation of Israel. They were selling out their own people to the alien Roman government. They were traitors.

Of course, we all know that Jesus ate with tax collectors and sinners. But such close communion had a healing affect. These tax collectors and sinners were never the same. Look at Zacchaeus. He publicly repented of his acts of corruption and vowed to make restitution for them. Catholic politicians that betray the Catholic Faith are called to do the same.

Is it easy? Is it safe?

No!

I have another quote for you:

“I am the state’s good servant, but God’s first.”

Now this really doesn’t sound like one of the Kennedys. Okay, I admit I modified the words to make this quote more relevant to modern western governments. It should read, “the King’s good servant.” You probably recognise it now. It’s St. Thomas More, the patron saint of politicians.

What does it mean to be a patron saint? To understand this, I guess we need to know what it means to be a saint. All baptised Christians living on earth are saints; however, when we use the word saint, we’re usually referring to a canonised saint. For someone to be canonised, he either has to be a documented martyr for the Catholic Faith, or leave documented proof of living a life of great virtue followed by miracles worked through his intercession after his death. Basically, for someone to be canonised, the Church has to have undeniable proof that he is in heaven (aside: note that the Church never declares that a person is in hell).

There are two reasons for declaring someone is a saint in heaven. First, knowing a person is in heaven means we can confidently ask him to intercede for us. But more importantly, knowing a person is in heaven means we can confidently follow his example on how to get into heaven. We are all called to follow the examples of canonised saints to become canonised saints ourselves.

A patron saint of an office or state in life is a specific example of how all persons in similar offices or states can live in order to get into heaven. St. Thomas More is an example of how politicians can live a life that will get them into heaven. We have both documented proof of his life of great virtue, and proof of his martyrdom for the Catholic Faith.

Did St. Thomas More let religion interfere with his government policies or with the policies of the people? Did St. Thomas More let his dedication to the Catholic Faith interfere with his decision-making? Yes he did.

St. Thomas More was Lord Chancellor of Great Britain. To the vocal majority of Englishmen at the time, it was in Britain’s best interests to pass the Act of Supremacy. Politics required St. Thomas More to sign this act; however, signing would betray the Catholic Faith. St. Thomas More instead proffered his resignation of the chancellorship. It was not accepted the first time, but sometime later his second resignation was.

After his resignation, he was asked to swear his allegiance to the parliamentary Act of Succession, which would also betray the Catholic Faith. For refusing to swear, he was imprisoned in the Tower of London, and later tried and found guilty of treason (through perjury I might add).

On July 6, 1535 St. Thomas More was beheaded on Tower Hill. While on the scaffold he declared, “I die the King’s good servant, but God’s first.”

This is the call of all Catholic politicians. If you are forced to betray the Catholic Faith due to politics, God demands that you resign. Before that happens, for the good of the people you server, all government policies and decision-making you make must be formed by your Catholic Faith, regardless of how unpopular such an action may be. Anything less than this means that you are not “a dedicated Catholic” or “a Catholic in good standing.”

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, God is calling you to be Saint Arnold Schwarzenegger. Please answer this call. Maybe you’ll be made the patron saint of bodybuilders and even co-patron of politicians.

Except for Conan the Barbarian, I never saw any Arnold Schwarzenegger movies until after the birth of my first child, and at first it was only his comedies with Danny DeVito. This changed after I had been lifting weights for around four or five years.

I started regularly training with weights in my second year of college, 1991/92. A couple years after graduating, I started to get serious about it, and bought Arnold’s Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding (I found out the hard way that the work-out routines in this book are not productive).

After reading this book, I became a big Schwarzenegger fan. This was just before Eraser came out, so I was renting every Schwarzenegger video I could find; some of them two or three times. I admit that there’s a lot of moral problems with most of them, but than, the same could be said for most movie stars, even Mel Gibson.

When Arnold became Governor of California, I was a little disappointed because it was unlikely he’d make anymore movies, at least until he got out of politics as his main profession. As California’s governor, my opinion of Arnold seems to drop every time I read something new about him in the news. This headline from all.org is the last straw: “Schwarzenegger signs bill teaching stem cell lies to children.”

The California Chronicle seems to have taken down the original article, but SaveCalifornia.com reports on it here:
http://savecalifornia.com/ca-release-10-11-09-new-california-law-will-teach-stem-cell-lies-to-kids.html

He seems like such a good person. How come he does such bad stuff as governor?

It sure would be nice if he followed the pro-life example of his in-laws, Sargent Shriver and Eunice Kennedy Shriver. It looks like he’s following more of the anti-life example of Eunice’s brothers. Too bad!

A priest filling in for our parish priest gave me the name of a really good blog: Whispers in the Loggia (he got it from our former Archbishop, Thomas Collins).

As I was adding it to my Blogroll, I noticed that I was missing a number of links under News. Check out Whispers in the Loggia and my sources for Catholic news.

I should also mention that at the bottom of my blog, I have a banner for the USCCB page for the new Roman Missal. Check it out if you’re at all interested in the changes coming soon to the Mass.

Fr. Thomas J. Loya answered an e-mail of mine on the October 1, 2009 broadcast of A Body of Truth. This is what I asked him:

The argument:
The priest at Mass or Divine Liturgy is a male role because he initiates and gives (I’m skipping all the background to this). Thus a woman cannot be a priest because she cannot fulfil the role of a male. Sexually, she cannot initiate and give.

The counter-argument:
The congregation at Mass or Divine Liturgy is a female role because she receives and responds. However, in the congregation is both men and women. If the above argument is true, a man cannot belong to the congregation because he cannot fulfil the role of a female. If a man can fulfil the female role of the congregation, couldn’t it be possible for a woman to fulfil the masculine role of a priest?

What would your rebuttal be?

Listen to the answer here:
http://blog.grigaitis.net/files/abot2009-10-01.mp3

Listen to the entire show here:
http://www.catholicradiointernational.com/abodyoftruth/mp3/abot_100109.mp3

This is the show page:
http://www.catholicradiointernational.com/abodyoftruth.php