Rapture? No Such Thing!

A group of listeners of Family Radio, a Christian radio show out of Oakland, were prompted a few months ago by the radio host, and religious leader/prophet Harold Camping, to go around the country warning people about the so-called rapture. Many followers left everything behind, including families, and did just that. And according to them, this rapture event is supposed to take place today, May 21, 2011!

The “rapture” is not part of Catholic teaching, although we (catholics) do acknowledge the reality of the event St. Paul mentions in 1 Thessalonians 4:17, it is seen as occurring at the Second Coming of Christ at the end of the world, not before an earthly millennium. Catholics do not separate the resurrection of the just and the reprobate, nor the final tribulation and the Lord’s coming.

Leftist Priest Fr. Pfleger Threatening Schism

Please join me in prayers for this troubled priest! Although I was filled with joy when I read in the news that Francis Cardinal George finally suspended, and effectively removed Fr. Michael Pfleger from exercising his priestly duties at Saint Sabina Parish, but, as I espected, Father Pfleger continues with his all out disobedience to Church authorities, dissent from definitive teaching (i.e women ordination, homosexual marriage), and threats on national radio and local newspapers about leaving the Church for good. Cardinal George (who shows immense patience with this guy by the way) was forced to get Father Michael Pfleger the hell away from his flock last month…. bravo Cardinal.

the Cardinal had this to say on his letter to Fr. Pfleger, April 27th:

Bishops are held responsible for their priests on the assumption that priests obey them. I have consistently supported your work for social justice and admired your passion for ministry. Many love and admire you because of your dedication to your people. Now, however, I am asking you to take a few weeks to pray over your priestly commitments in order to come to mutual agreement on how you understand personally the obligations that make you a member of the Chicago presbyterate and of the Catholic Church.

With this letter, your ministry as pastor of Saint Sabina Parish and your sacramental faculties as a priest of the Archdiocese are suspended. The official rescript will follow, but this suspension permits you to retain the office of pastor while temporarily without permission to function …

Father Pfleger, I deeply regret that your public remarks have brought you to a moment of crisis that I pray will quickly pass. This conflict is not between you and me; it’s between you and the Church that ordained you a priest, between you and the faith that introduced you to Christ and gives you the right to preach and pastor in his name. If you now formally leave the Catholic Church and her priesthood, it’s your choice and no one else’s. You are not a victim of anyone or anything other than your own statements.

I pray to the Blessed Virgin for help, so that Fr. Pfleger turns away from his pride, repents, and reconciles to Christ and His Holy Church.

President Reagan Speaks Against Abortion

The good people over at Personhood USA have put together this video of a President Ronald Reagan’s speech, boldly speaking against the evils of abortion… They just don’t make politicians like this anymore!

Bishop Denounces Abuses in “the Spirit of Vatican II”

Great vid today from Michael Voris’ Vortex. This one clip is about the brave and outspoken Bishop Schneider. This holy Bishop is straight up denouncing all the watering down of the catholic faith, and liturgical abuses that has been taking place in the Church for the last fifty years or so when liberals took over positions of power within the church after the Second Vatican Council.

You can also check the news on the story here

Announcing my Conversion to Catholicism!

Ladies and Gentelman, it has been over a year since the last time I’ve posted on this Blog. I will start posting once again on a regular basis! Get ready for my commentary on the latest issues that are relevant and dear to me… yay!!!

The great news: I have recently converted from cultural Santeria and a relative approach to morality and Christianity to the one true faith, to the fullness of Christianity that is only found in the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church. Now I find myself enrolled in the RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults) program with the intention of receiving the Holy Sacraments of Baptism, First Communion, and Confirmation, entering into the Mystical Body of Christ on Easter Vigil this year… Stay tuned!

¿Que Pasó con La Revolución?

Reflections from my father:

Esta semana un señor me dijo que en Cuba, mis compatriotas no vivian tan mal porque por lo menos no tenían que pagar los impuestos que nosotros pagamos aquí. Me gustaria compartir lo que considero, refutó esa información del señor mencionado.

Le expliqué que desde hace 50 años el obrero cubano recibe, como pago, una pequeña porción del valor real de su trabajo. Baste con analizar el presente, donde el salario promedio de un hobrero son $20 dólares al mes. En cualquier pais recibirá al menos $400 en igual tiempo. Esto puede significar que el gobierno retiene $380. Esto es un impuesto extraordinariamente alto sobre sus ingresos.

El estado, en todos los paises, establece un contrato social donde lo recaudado en impuestos se invierte en presupuestos para garantizar servicios básicos y subsidios. En el caso de Cuba: la salud pública, la educacion y el abastecimiento normado de alimentos, la seguridad pública y construcción de viviendas. Para esto disponía de 9 caa de 10 dólares ganado por el obrero, durante 50 años según cálculos de instituciones internacionales imparciales.

Sobre la Educación ya se conoce el desplome total del sistema. La entrega de productos normados solo cubre la necesidad básica de alimentos de dos semanas del mes y ha llevado al cubano al consumo de menos calorías que las consumidas por un esclavo hace 150 años. La necesidad ha llevado a la ONU ha alimentar a 12% de la población. El exito de construcción de viviendas no resiste el más minimo análisis después de ver el estado de ruinas que se ve desde la capital al más lejano pueblo y el asinamiento en que vive la familia cubana, porque en cada casa conviven hasta 3 y 4 generaciones de la familia por la nesesidad superior al millón de viviendas que tiene el pais.

En la salud pública el sistema ha colapsado totalmente pese a tener una proporcion de médicos por habitante superior a la mayoría de países desarrollados del mundo. Cuba esta plagada de epidemias y enfermedades erradicadas en paises pobres. De los 24 países principales de America Latina, Cuba ocupa el lugar 19 en volumen de inversion en esta rama.

Normalmente esta roptura del contrato social entre el estado y el pueblo lleva al derrumbe de gobierno y su substitución. En Cuba no es así porque el presupuesto se emplea en fortificar y mantener el más despiadado aparato de control y represión. Para esto si esta disponible el impuesto cobrado ampliamente al pueblo que involuntariamente garantiza su propia represión. Por último, la nueva queja del gobierno es que el estado no puede seguir siendo el “papá generoso del pueblo” o sea, se ha creado un vacío en la relación pueblo-estado.¿Donde esta la propuesta para llenar ese vacío? La historia lo dirá, y ojalá que sea pronto.

Happy Veterans Day!

Happy Vetarans Day to all of us Vets, home and abroad!

Guide to Pelosi’s Healthcare Bill

Below are the US Rep. Mike Pence’s notes to Pelosi’s Healthcare bill, as it stands today… Great stuff.

This reading guide includes what we have uncovered in our initial reading of the Pelosi health “reform” legislation (H.R. 3962) introduced by House Democrats.

Page 94—Section 202(c) prohibits the sale of private individual health insurance policies, beginning in 2013, forcing individuals to purchase coverage through the federal government

Page 110—Section 222(e) requires the use of federal dollars to fund abortions through the government-run health plan—and, if the Hyde Amendment were ever not renewed, would require the plan to fund elective abortions

Page 111—Section 223 establishes a new board of federal bureaucrats (the “Health Benefits Advisory Committee”) to dictate the health plans that all individuals must purchase —and would likely require all Americans to subsidize and purchase plans that cover any abortion

Page 211—Section 321 establishes a new government-run health plan that, according to non-partisan actuaries at the Lewin Group, would cause as many as 114 million Americans to lose their existing coverage

Page 225—Section 330 permits—but does not require—Members of Congress to enroll in government-run health care

Page 255—Section 345 includes language requiring verification of income for individuals wishing to receive federal health care subsidies under the bill—while the bill includes a requirement for applicants to verify their citizenship, it does not include a similar requirement to verify applicants’ identity, thus encouraging identity fraud for undocumented immigrants and others wishing to receive taxpayer-subsidized health benefits

Page 297—Section 501 imposes a 2.5 percent tax on all individuals who do not purchase “bureaucrat-approved” health insurance— the tax would apply on individuals with incomes under $250,000, thus breaking a central promise of then-Senator Obama’s presidential campaign

Page 313—Section 512 imposes an 8 percent “tax on jobs” for firms that cannot afford to purchase “bureaucrat-approved” health coverage ; according to an analysis by Harvard Professor Kate Baicker, such a tax would place millions “at substantial risk of unemployment”—with minority workers losing their jobs at twice the rate of their white counterparts

Page 336—Section 551 imposes additional job-killing taxes, in the form of a half-trillion dollar “surcharge,” more than half of which will hit small businesses ; according to a model developed by President Obama’s senior economic advisor, such taxes could cost up to 5.5 million jobs

Page 520—Section 1161 cuts more than $150 billion from Medicare Advantage plans, potentially jeopardizing millions of seniors’ existing coverage

Page 733—Section 1401 establishes a new Center for Comparative Effectiveness Research; the bill includes no provisions preventing the government-run health plan from using such research to deny access to life-saving treatments on cost grounds, similar to Britain’s National Health Service, which denies patient treatments costing more than $35,000

Page 1174—Section 1802(b) includes provisions entitled “TAXES ON CERTAIN INSURANCE POLICIES” to fund comparative effectiveness research, breaking Speaker Pelosi’s promise that “We will not be taxing [health] benefits in any bill that passes the House,” and the President’s promise not to raise taxes on families with incomes under $250,000

If you would like to read the entire 1,990 pages yourself, you can find the legislation here: http://docs.house.gov/rules/health/111_ahcaa.pdf

Dr. Biscet Condemns the Concert

In a radio interview from political prison, Dr. Oscar Elias Biscet spoke to Radio Marti through a clandestine two-way phone line. The courageus Doctor weighted in on the recent Colombian singer Juanes’ concert in Havana, comparing the Cuban masses to slaves, drawing overall criticism to the concert.

Perverse Concert In Havana

Some 500,000 Cubans showed up yesterday to that Concert “For Peace without Borders” at La Plaza de la Revolution, located in the heart of Havana, Cuba. (“La plaza” is a place that has a long dreadful history of decades full of hateful communist speeches by Fidel Castro). I’m sure that all 500,000 attendees had a great time, courtesy of their Master, Castro, who invited many ideologically aligned, international artists to play music on the plantation (Cuba). Among those useful fellas were Juanes, Olga Tañón, Miguel Bosé, and Orishas. Cuban Rulers also rewarded their good peasants (the masses) with free entrance to the censored festivity. Invited artists performed for free, and sang for peace… Isn’t everybody just great and caring?

The Cuban people need Freedom, Democracy, Liberty! What the hell is this crap about concert for peace! How can there be peace without liberty?No Borders? Dissident musicians were not allowed to participate in the so called apolitical event: Gorky Ágila, Willy Chirino, Arturo Sandoval, Paquito D’ Rivera, Gloria Estefan, Olga Gillot, Amaury Gutierres, ect. They are not allowed to enter, much less perform on the island nation. The “concert” yesterday was a complete political act, orchestrated by the cruel Cuban regime. Everything that is done in Cuba has a political purpose including cultural events, there is no free and honest discussion about internal affairs, and this is enforced by the regime with an iron fist. In Cuba, 10% of its citizens are currently behind bars for simply opposing the political views of those that have been running every single aspect of life inside the enslaved island for half a century now, and counting.

The artists who participated on this political stunt called “a concert” are either too stupid to realize what is really going on, or are playing ball with the regime, either way the outcome is the same: Legitimizes the Cuban regime in the eyes of the world.

Alexis de Tocqueville, a French political thinker and historian, wrote a book called “Democracy in America” (published in the 1830′s) lecturing on observations made about the balance of liberty and equality in The New World. The following excerpt from the book could very well be applied to the cuban tragedy, as it has a remarkable relation with yesterday’s concert in Havana:

… it (the state) is well content that the people should rejoice,
provided they think of nothing but rejoicing. For their happiness such a government willingly labors, but it chooses to be the sole agent and the only arbiter of that happiness; it provides for their security, foresees and supplies their necessities, facilitates their pleasures, manages their principal concerns, directs their industry, regulates the descent of property, and subdivides their inheritances: what remains, but to spare them all the care of thinking and all the trouble of living?