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I think this was Americas chance to”Choose Life” and America said give us Death. Like the Cardinal alluded, Catholics voted for Death.

Before Pope Benedict came to America to celebrate Mass in New York and Washington, it was revealed that as a young boy in Germany he had had a cousin with Down Syndrome. One day a Nazi doctor came and claimed his cousin for the Third Reich. Taken to be “cared for” at the “hospital” young Joseph Ratzinger never saw his cousin again: one of the host of “useless eaters” marked for extermination by that brutal regime.

My wife and I operate St. Joseph’s House, a daycare and respite care home for handicapped children. As it happened one of the children we care for, a wheelchair bound young lady, was chosen along with three other handicapped folks to carry the gifts up to the altar before the consecration at the Mass at Nationals Stadium in Washington D.C. on April 17, 2008. One of these was James, a 30ish man who works in the Officer’s Club at Andrews AFB. James has Down Syndrome. He was chosen to carry the large host which would become the Body of Christ lifted up before the assembled. As James with great ceremony advanced toward the Pope, his native enthusiasm overcame his reserve and he started to run. Simultaneously the Holy Father leapt from his chair and walked towards James with his arms outstretched. We have a picture of this moment which I cannot look at without tearing up. What did he see as he gazed so lovingly at James? I believe he saw his cousin. I believe he saw the face of Jesus. And I believe that his great prayer as he elevated that host on that impossibly beautiful day was “As long as you did to these the least of my brethren, you did it to Me.”

The next day April 18th, a boy was born to of all people, the Governor of Alaska. They named him Trig.

What a marvelous reply! I know it had to come from the Holy Spirit!

God is alive! God is alive!

Obama, bow down and kneel to your God!

I love you, Brother, for posting this!

Thank you VERY MUCH for sharing that story! Is it possible to post that photo?

Throughout history, people from one generation to the next tend to forget the past. It becomes 'foggy' or is rewritten in such a way that they believe it will never happen again. You cited the story of Ratzinger's cousin. It was quite a surprise to read that more than 75% of the American Jewish vote went to Obama. In our generation, we have all heard, seen and read about the holocaust. While we are asked to 'remember' this horror, the Jews voted in another man who promises reform.

One of my favorite OT books is Ecclesiastes. The author begins his narrative with:

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What has been, that will be; what has been done, that will be done. Nothing is new under the sun.
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Even the thing of which we say, "See, this is new!" has already existed in the ages that preceded us.
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⁵ There is no remembrance of the men of old; nor of those to come will there be any remembrance among those who come after them.

Nothing has changed - there is still nothing new under the sun.

What did [Pope Benedict XVI] see as he gazed so lovingly at James? I believe he saw his cousin. I believe he saw the face of Jesus. And I believe that his great prayer as he elevated that host on that impossibly beautiful day was “As long as you did to these the least of my brethren, you did it to Me.”

The next day April 18th, a boy was born to of all people, the Governor of Alaska. They named him Trig.

Oh, Wow. I'm teary eyed. I hope you will go over to the Governor of Alaska's website [gov.state.ak.us/] and click on 'contact' and tell her this story. WOW. It's just too awesome for words. I know it will mean a lot to her. Our God is an Awesome God.

Thank YOU for what you do for "the least of these" -- I know God blesses you through them. I have a 14 yr old cousin with Down Syndrome. She lives in France with her Mom and younger brother. She understands French and English but prefers French. Her brother prefers English.